A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced an Asian expatriate man to three years in jail and subsequent deportation for stealing a sum of QR1,200 from the account of a roommate by misusing his debit card.

Local Arabic daily Arrayah reported that the victim asked the defendant, a Nepalese national to fetch his debit card from their room while he was at work. A few days after this incident, the victim discovered that somebody had withdrawn a sum of QR1,200 from his account using the card without his consent. He reported the matter to Al Shammal Security Department and after reviewing the video recording of the ATM surveillance camera, the investigating team learnt the defendant had used his friend's debit card to withdraw the money. Ultimately, the suspect was arrested and upon interrogation he confessed to the crime.