UPDATE (March 2): I have been informed by sources at NBK that Mr. Huigens' job offer has been rescinded.
This morning I came across this highly disturbing piece of news: The Courier-Mail: Court allows banker to work off debt in Kuwait [01mar06]
NBK is one of most conservative, transparent and reputable banks in the Middle East (and is the top bank in Kuwait) so this news story was all the more surprising.
Jason Huigens (reprinted from The Courier Mail)
According to the Australian daily The Courier-Mail a banker, Jason Huigens, 39, will soon begin work at the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) for an annual salary of around KD 60,000 to so he can 'repay the $133, 640' he stole from St. George Bank in 2005.
This is a travesty.
To make matters worse, the man has had a gambling problem since he was 28. That's 11 years.
Who was the genius at the Human Resources Dept. at NBK or the Hiring Firm utilized by NBK who green-lit this bit of hiring? Someone must have because "a copy of the letter of offer from the National Bank of Kuwait, dated December 12, was tendered to the court yesterday," according to the article.
The embezzler's NBK package:
"$190,483 a year, not including bonuses, which can equate to up to five months' basic salary a year."
Five months bonus equates to KD25,000 a year. In other words, Huigens could make a potential KD85,000 (approximately $250,000) a year.
I'm positive NBK faced insurmountable obstacles trying to hire qualified young Kuwaitis for this position and salary and they had no choice but to resort to an Australian criminal.
I'll refrain from further comments until I can fully substantiate the NBK news item.
Ok this is thuroughly pissing me off!!! I want to know who thought of hiring this guy!
you could send this headline to jay leno and it would crack audiences up -- bank hires embezzler -- absolutely unbelieavable
Although it initially suprised me, it isn't that shocking. In comparison to the many Kuwaiti thieves we have in the banking industry and in other service industries, it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
hay how u doin man ur like to talk about how a looser ur man if u come to america i well personally cut off ur balls acting like a man ha asshole lol man i was a bedoon but now im canadion and im proud because they respect the others not like kuwait, my dad was in the army since he was 17 years old and my grandfather was in the electric field since the 1965, and on top of this my dad was take by the iraqes as a pow for 9months, so god bless canada america for respecting the others not like the low life kuwaity govornment family or royal family lol, scums ran away and left kuwait and promis us the beddon for citizens for staying man i hope jaber burns in hell i really hope because living in canada with the jews and the christens is way better than looken at ur mustang 06 fake glasses walken all over the mall looken for a goat with a hejab lol man i dont wana diss no more because i figured u nigas out u steel my income 1 kuwaity =15 bedoons so if u make 100 u do it 15 times ,, long live usa to take u oil over ur will ,,, im out ggg....unit
What a bloody tosser