Nine people are on trial in Dubai on charges of hacking accounts at a local bank and stealing large sums of money, including around Dh1.2 million from one account.
One of them is an employee at the bank while another works at a local telecom firm and his role was to issue another SIM card for a rich Gulf client to help get access to his bank account.
Court was told that the nine managed to break into the account of the Gulf businessman and steal nearly Dh1.2 million along with emptying other accounts.
The bank summoned the unnamed Gulf businessman, who currently lives in his home country, and informed about the scam.
The bank quickly returned the stolen sum to the Gulf account holder and asked him to report the theft to the police so it will recover its money, newspapers said without identifying the nine.
