Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 673

State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The offender's assumption of a false capacity as the person entitled to withdraw from the customer's account, inducing the bank to deliver the money to him through its automated machine. Sufficient to constitute the element of deception establishing the offence of fraud, not theft.
Arabic original
انتحال الجاني صفة غير صحيحة بأنه صاحب الحق في السحب من حساب العميل مما حمل البنك على تسليمه المال عن طريق جهازه الآلي. كفايته لتكوين ركن الاحتيال. الذي تتوافر به جريمة النصب لا السرقة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٤٢/١٩٨٩ جزائي جلسة ٢٨/٥/١٩٩٠ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص٤٨٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 193. PDF pages: 190.

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