The Criminal Court in Dubai has begun the trial of a gang led by an Asian woman, who works as a manager of a company, on charges of falsifying residence vouchers attributed to the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, to obtain Schengen visas for arrivals to the state in exchange for varying amounts of money.
A witness from the General Administration of Residency said that he received a call from the liaison officer with the German embassy, stating that there are two passports for two persons wishing to obtain a Schengen visa, and that the residence voucher in them is suspected of fraud, pointing out that the facility in which the two people work was called and summoned.
The first reported that he worked in the profession of a marketing manager and handed his passport to the accused, to obtain a European residence visa for 23 thousand dirhams, and he had no knowledge of forgery, and the owner of the second passport confirmed his statements, indicating that he had paid the accused an amount of his country's currency to obtain a Schengen visa, and he did not know that it had tampered In the residence voucher on his passport.
He pointed out that the defendant’s permission and seizure had been issued, and by searching her residence in the Emirate of Ajman, seizures were used for forgery, in addition to passports and seals of banks and companies, salary certificates and bank certificates, indicating that its role is to receive the passports, and deliver them to an Asian person in exchange for 15 thousand Dirhams, and after that the person gives them the passports with the forged residency voucher attached to them, pointing out that they have been practicing these crimes for seven months, and instructed one of the accused who was caught near her residence.
By asking the defendant, he stated that he received a call from the defendant, asking him to transfer counterfeiting tools to another apartment, noting that she is mediating in obtaining visas in return for a large amount of money, and from her clients, the defendants who were suspected of having their passports at the German embassy, explaining that the gang undertakes the installation of fraudulent residences on a facility Specifically, for people who come to the state not with the intent to work, but to obtain false European visas and leave directly to Europe, stressing that the accused works for her own account and manages a group that carries out these crimes.
Dubai Police succeeded in arresting her, and "crimes" took her to justice.