JEDDAH: Jeddah police are investigating the theft and signature forgery of six checks from the Jeddah municipality headquarters.

The Anti-Forgery Department was assigned to locate all information related to the check forgery cases. Local media estimate the checks were worth SR1 million.

The Jeddah governorate asked the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) to supply the police with the original checks and their documents to carry out technical comparisons.

The banking directorate of SAMA offered the services of its anti-forgery department for the investigation. The department in turn referred the documents to criminal evidence unit in order to verify them by conducting the necessary technical comparisons of signatures.

Once all necessary investigations are completed, the fraudsters involved are expected to be referred to the relevant authorities who will arrive at an appropriate punishment.