Dubai: A woman supervisor has been accused of swindling and embezzling Dh375,000 from her workplace by using forged receipts of Dewa, schooling and housing that she personally tampered with.

A Jordanian internal auditor at a laboratory discovered dissimilarities in a number of receipts that the Portuguese supervisor had collected against her child’s schooling allowance in 2015.

The internal auditor noticed discrepancies in the serial numbers of receipts that, according to records, the supervisor had obtained from the school and provided them to the laboratory to reimburse what she had paid for her child’s tuition.

Records said the woman was entitled allowances for her housing rent, child’s schooling and Dewa bills as per her contract.

When the auditor visited the school, he was told by the management that the receipts were forged and that they had not issued those receipts for the tuition of the child, who had already been transferred to another school.

Further auditing of all receipts that were provided by the supervisor to the laboratory revealed that she had embezzled more than Dh375,000 from her workplace.

The Portuguese supervisor was fired instantly and the matter was reported to the police.

Prosecutors accused the suspect of forging tens of receipts and using the forged papers to swindle her workplace and embezzle Dh375,000.

According to the charges sheet, prosecutors said the Portuguese supervisor forged 44 Dewa receipts to embezzle around Dh32,000, 40 school tuition receipts to embezzle Dh123,000 and five rent receipts to embezzle around Dh220,000 between 2011 and 2015.

When the suspect showed up before the Dubai Court of First Instance, she pleaded not guilty.

The suspect refuted six counts of forgery and embezzlement before presiding judge Fahd Al Shamsi.

The internal auditor testified to prosecutors that he discovered the forgeries shortly after he visited the school to check if they had issued the receipts.

The workplace’s general accountant told prosecutors that the suspect was fired instantly after the embezzlement was discovered.

The Portuguese suspect was cited as admitting to prosecutors that she embezzled the money by using forged receipts.

On Sunday, she denied all accusations against her in the court.

The trial continues.