Sidelights: Farcical forgery foiled

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Arab News
Publication Date: 
Sun, 2009-09-20 03:00

JEDDAH: A foreign resident thought it would be a foolproof plan to steal money, but apparently his forgery skills weren’t up to snuff. A local newspaper reported that the 30-year-old man in the Eastern Province stole the ID card of a colleague and replaced the victim’s photo with his own. He then tried to make a withdrawal from the company’s account, but the savvy clerk noticed the shoddy forgery and reported the man to police, who promptly determined his identity and arrested him.

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