The Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court began the trial of a legal advisor (Arab), on charges of falsifying a government electronic document (power of attorney), and another customary, adding the names of two attorneys to the forged editor without their knowledge, in conjunction with a "goodwill" employee, and using the forged editor to use it, according to the prosecution indictment General in Ras Al-Khaimah.
The defendant admitted before the court’s authority the use of the official editor, and the addition of the names of the lawyers to the editor with their consent, but he denied the accusation of falsifying the official and customary documents, and stated that he used the lawyers ’professional cards with their consent, and after taking permission from them, to write their names in the power of attorney.
He added that he works as a legal advisor and partner in a law firm, and that one of the (Asian) clients came to the office for the purpose of filing a criminal case, on charges of defrauding his sponsor who seized his company’s funds, continuing that he does not have a license to practice the legal profession, and his work is limited to legal consultations, and he asked Two of his fellow attorneys put their names in the power of attorney in order to plead before the competent courts in the case instead.
For his part, defense attorney for the accused, Mahmoud Hanafi, during his trial before the court, demanded that his client be acquitted of the accusations against him, based on the absence of the crime of forgery, in both its material and moral aspects.
The court set this December 30 as the date for the ruling on the case file.