The Dubai Criminal Court on Monday ordered the investigation of a businessman and government officials on charges of forcing a 24-year-old visitor to release a deed of trust to the businessman for 132,000 dirhams and stealing 19,000 dirhams from the victim.
According to the Dubai Public Prosecution's investigation, the victim entered the country on a visit visa last May and was surprised when he was seated at the reception of the hotel he was staying in. He asked him to accompany him to the vehicle, refusing to give any reasons.
Investigations indicated that the vehicle took the victim to the headquarters of the first accused company, a businessman in Naif, who has a commercial relationship with the father of the victim.
The victim stated that he asked the person why he was in the vehicle. He told him that he was stealing people and taking their money, so the money must be returned to the owners. When the vehicle arrived at the company's headquarters, he took him out of the vehicle and took him to the second floor of the company. There is a businessman, cameras do not cover this floor.
The businessman asked the victim to sign the trust certificate, explaining that this bond belongs to his father. The victim refused to sign it. The two employees then pressed him and threatened him if he did not sign the bond.
Investigations revealed that the defendants returned the victim to his hotel and asked him to bring all his valuables. He brought them five hours, four bottles of perfume and a gold bracelet, all valued at 19,000 dirhams.
The victim stated that his father had asked him to inform the police of what had happened to him.
The first official denied the charges, while the second, whose task was to drive the vehicle, confessed to the victim.