The Dubai Criminal Court has begun the trial of three defendants, one of whom is an employee of a Chinese businessman who exploited the latter's confidence in forging an agency affiliated with the seal of the Dubai courts and other documents. The two defendants colluded with the employee and registered the villa in the name of one of them, and participated in various stages of the crime.
The victim said in the prosecution's investigations that he had identified the first defendant from Uzbekistan when he rented an apartment on the Palm Island. And grant him an agency of the administration without giving him the power to dispose of it.
After a while he was surprised by one of his friends telling him that there is a good villa for sale at an attractive price on a website, and shocked that it is his villa, so he went there and saw someone tell him that he bought it from the first accused, after inspecting it and make sure it is wonderful and overlooking the sea.
The victim pointed out that he paid the defendant an amount of 900 thousand dirhams to change the decorations of the villa, but he forged an agency document similar to the original and included the item of disposition and a false signature attributed to the owner, and a passport forged with the help of a Chinese person, pointing out that the fraud was very elaborate, and thus managed Forged documents from the sale of the villa, stressing that the buyer is complicit with the accused because he bought it for less than half the price despite knowing its real value.
The Director of the Real Estate Registration Office, who carried out the registration process, said that the first defendant came with the second defendant and decided that he was an agent of the victim and asked to transfer ownership of the villa in the name of the second defendant who bought it for 7.5 million dirhams. No objection issued by Nakheel as the concerned entity responsible for the properties on the Palm Island, in addition to the fees.
She added that there was a shortage of documents when the defendants first attended, and then completed the paperwork three days later and introduced the transaction into the system, but was rejected because the sale price is less than half of its market value, which requires certain procedures, including the payment of certain fees of one million dirhams. The defendant did so, and a new certificate of ownership was issued in the name of the buyer, the second defendant in the case.
The director explained that she was later surprised by a man by the victim telling her that the owner of the villa did not dispose of it, and all the documents submitted to her forged, stressing that the documents submitted to her, including passports appeared to be completely intact and have original seals, and she saw large amounts of money in the possession of the accused The second, which paid the amount of one million dirhams to the Land and Property Department, as it estimated the value of the villa at 20 million dirhams, and accordingly completed the procedures and transferred ownership of the villa in his name.
The Dubai prosecution referred the first defendant in absentia while the second defendants, who registered the villa in his name and the third, who colluded with them in presence in the criminal court.
- The victim bought
The villa has 17 million
AED and the accused
He sold it for 7.5 million.