Dubai court tells bank to pay customer Dh4.6 million after his account got hacked

Dubai court tells bank to pay customer Dh4.6 million after his account got hacked

A Dubai commercial court order for a bank to repay a customer Dh4.5 million has been upheld by the Dubai Court of Appeals. The amount is worth of balance, siphoned off from his account.

In October last year, the Dubai Commercial Court found the bank responsible for the losses incurred by the complainant and ordered it to deposit the balance amount back into his account. It also ordered the bank to pay the complainant Dh100,000 in damages.

Ghassan El Daye, partner and head of litigation Middle East for UK-based law firm Charles Russel Speechlys, said that the case dates back to 2017 when their client, who once lived and worked in the UAE, was unable to withdraw cash due to