The management of a famous restaurant chain in the country was surprised that the majority of the commercial licenses of its branches in Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Abu Dhabi are fraudulent, and that they conduct their work illegally, and discovered that its delegate in renewing the licenses seized the renewal funds for itself, an estimated value of 347 thousand dirhams, and forged fee receipts, He handed it over to the company’s official in the Restaurant Department, which initiated the notification of the Dubai Police, and the accused delegate was arrested and referred to the Public Prosecution, including the Criminal Court, to start his trial.
A director of the company in the Public Prosecution Investigations said that a representative of the Economic Department in the Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah came to two branches of the company’s restaurants in the emirate, and informed those involved in it not to renew the commercial licenses of the two branches.
He added that the restaurants administration initiated an audit of the rest of the commercial licenses in various cities of the country, and discovered the forgery of the licenses of the branches in the Emirates of Sharjah and Abu Dhabi as well. Immediately after work, the lawyer opened a complaint against him for breach of trust at the Rashidiya Police Station.
The investigations of the Public Prosecution in Dubai included a book issued by the Department of Economic Development in Sharjah, stating that the commercial license for a known chain of restaurants attributed to the department is incorrect, and the date of renewal was tampered with to become a valid license, and also included a similar book from the Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi , And multiple government correspondence covering more than 10 branches that counterfeit their licenses in the same way.
- More than 10 branches forged their licenses in the same way, and the company's lawyer opened a communication against the delegate accused of breach of trust.