Possessing other's money

I always find an article or two in the English language newspapers here (there are 3 main papers) that just have wording that makes me chuckle.

Today there was an article on two guys who were running a scam and stealing money.

This was the sentence that made me smile... maybe it's the translation from Arabic to English that makes it so charming...

"The court said it was convinced that the behaviour of the accused involved bad intention to possess the money of others."

You can read the full article here.