Expat jailed for cheating company

A Doha Misdemeanour Court has sentenced an Arab expatriate man to six months in jail and imposed a fine of QR5,000 on him for embezzling the money of the company he used to work for.Local Arabic daily Arrayah reported that the defendant, who was a manager at a human resources development company, used to organise lectures for a number of public and private entities. However, he broke the terms and conditions of his employment contract and collected the income from the lectures in his own account and not that of the company. The issue was discovered at a regular audit of the company’s accounts.