The Misdemeanor Appeals Court in Ras Al-Khaimah ruled that an African was acquitted of the charge of obtaining funds illegally, because the papers were free of evidence, and the incident was not proven due to the absence of the elements of the crime. The Court of First Instance ruled last month that the defendant was imprisoned for three months for obtaining 696 thousand and 210 dirhams It is illegal without providing documents indicating how he got the amount.
According to the prosecution’s indictment, the accused deposited the amount in his personal account, and issued checks worth 383 thousand and 940 dirhams, even though he works as a sales employee in a private company with a monthly salary of 5,000 dirhams, and the source of the funds did not mention or provide documents that support the amounts that were deposited and that He was transferred from his bank account.
The defendant admitted before the court’s authority to issue a check for the value of the amount charged from his bank account to the account of a private company because of the presence of trade between them in the field of car tires, and that he was well-intentioned while receiving the money.
He explained that he deposited 383 thousand and 940 dirhams through an ATM to his bank account, and that the source of that money belongs to his friend who resides in one of the African countries, in order to buy tires and send them to him outside the country.
The details of the case stated that the Organized Crime Department of the Department of Criminal Investigations and Investigations in Ras Al-Khaimah Police received a report from the Central Bank stating the existence of a suspicious transaction related to a money-laundering suspicion of 696,000 dirhams 210 dirhams, entered and exited from the defendant's personal account.
The report pointed out that a research and investigation team has been formed for the account holder's data, and it was found that there are suspicious transactions represented in suspicion of money laundering for the transactions carried out by the accused, because he opened an account in a bank under the pretext of transferring his monthly salary of 5,000 dirhams, as it was found that there are large financial deposits Corresponding to his monthly income, which was done through an ATM within two days.
The report stated that the accused issued checks to redeem the amount, and that all financial operations took place within five working days, although the reason for opening the account was the transfer of his monthly salary, and noted that the accused did not provide any documents that could be relied upon to verify the legitimacy of the funds.
A court of first instance sentenced the defendant to three months in prison for illegally obtaining 696,000 dirhams.