Q: Due to the harassment, I left the job and return to India without informing my company as if I told them they will not let me leave. But now they filed a case in the UAE that I have stolen AED 20000 from the company, and they also filed a case in India. Now they want to take me back to Dubai for further inquiry by filing a case in India and are demanding local police to send me back to Dubai. Please advise me.

Q: I was terminated from my company on the accusation of theft. My company said that they have a CCTV footage which they did not present during the committee meeting. There was no money or goods retrieved from me by my company security. They only have my admission. Since they were telling me that they will send it to the police if I won't admit that happened on 19 March, the committee meeting which was supposed to investigate was held 2 days after. My company kept me suspended until the 5th of April and handed me the termination letter, which states that I am terminated from the 19th of March. What are my chances on this? I am so confused right now and I really need help.

Q: Dear respected lawyers, A friend of mine, one of the accountants employed in a Company, has admitted to his Company of taking more than 300,000 AED over the past years by adjusting his net salary in the payroll file. The amount of adjustment is reflected in a hidden row in the payroll file. The payroll files he prepared were still approved by HR and accounting supervisors...etc. because they did not do a detailed review of individual payroll credits. The Company has now decided to do an investigation excluding him and came up with other amounts they claim he had also taken, but which he has refused. He is currently trying to negotiate with the Company to give him a chance to pay back the amount which is a valid claim while the Company is still considering whether to file a case in court or not. If the Company decides to file a case, what is the probable penalty he may face? Length of jail time and fines? While the Company is still considering, what can he do to avoid having the case filed in court?

Q: I wish to start a case of embezzlement against a party, to try and get him to return the embezzled funds. Do I need to get a criminal verdict to prove the embezzlement? Or can I proceed directly with a commercial case in front of the court of the first instance (without a criminal conviction against the accused)?

Q: A case for false charges of embezzlement has been in the public prosecution for months now. I have proved to them that I am innocent providing them with all proof. What is the next step?

Q: Dear sir/madam, I and my husband went into business together. I allowed him to run everything as I was working another full-time job and was taking care of our children. He is now filing a lawsuit against me for misappropriation of funds while he was handling everything. Now that we are getting a divorce because he left me for one of our employees, he is trying to sue me and take everything wrongfully. Is there anything I can do? I was the majority owner in name but he ran everything and handled all the money and contracts.

Q: My wife has a case against her stating that she & a few other colleagues aided their boss in embezzling company finances in their former company. My wife spent a total time of 2 months in training. She was not even provided a visa from that company. The claims of embezzlement happened even before she joined that company. Is there a possibility of having the case against her dropped?

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