I suspected an agent and was found involved in previous crimes
A bank employee helps control a cyber fraud ring
A gang specialized in electronic fraud fell into the grip of the Dubai Police, thanks to the observation power of a bank employee who suspected a person who came to the bank branch in a shopping center to cash a check and noticed a difference in its shape with the photo in the ID he provided, so I informed the police that arrested him, and His partner, as well as pursuit of a third defendant, a fugitive, presented his identity card to the first accused in order to disburse the victims' remittances posing as himself.
Investigations revealed that they were able to seize 350 thousand dirhams of the money of unknown persons by fraudulent methods, after they persuaded them to transfer money to an account in the name of the fugitive accused, while the employee thwarted an attempt to cash a check of 75 thousand dirhams belonging to an Arab person who was convinced by fraudsters that they represent the real estate investment company contracted with, They demanded the amount of the rent and provided him with the account number of the third defendant who fugitive as the company’s account number, so the victim actually transferred the amount, and when the first accused went to pay the amount, the employee suspected him and contributed to his seizure.
The first accused "African" admitted in the Public Prosecution's investigations of using a valid document belonging to others, indicating that the second suspect, who was arrested and holds the same nationality, handed him the identity of the third defendant who fled "from another African country" and asked it to use it to cash checks attributed to the account of the third accused in exchange for 1 % Of the value of every check spent.
The accused said that, at 7 am on the day of the incident, he went to the bank branch in a shopping center to cash a check for 75,000 dirhams, and the second accused handed him over, but the employee suspected him and informed the police, so he was arrested.
He added that he had committed this crime three previous times without anyone revealing it, using the identity of the third fugitive accused, and spent the first time 130,000 dirhams, then 120,000 dirhams, and in the last time 100,000 dirhams, and he handed all the sums to the second accused who was arrested later.
A Dubai police witness stated that the first accused impersonated the third fugitive suspect despite their belonging to two different nationalities, and was able to cash a number of checks worth 350 thousand dirhams, until that employee noticed a difference in the appearance between the person and the picture on the ID.
He added that the first defendant stated in the police inference report that the second accused was the mastermind who ran the entire process, and he who provided him with the identity of the fugitive accused and explained to him how to impersonate him and accordingly was able to cash a number of checks until he was arrested, pointing out that he instructed him to The location of the second accused, who was arrested in turn.
The report of the General Department of Forensic Evidence and Criminology, after matching the lines and the signature attached to it, revealed that the first accused was the one who wrote the data of the check subject of examination.
The Public Prosecution directed the first accused to commit a felony using a valid official document belonging to others, while it directed the second and third accused to commit a felony using a valid official document belonging to others, and also directed the three defendants to commit the felony of attempting to fraud to seize the money of others through false information.
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The Dubai Criminal Court has begun hearing the case of an unemployed Asian who is accused of forging with others a residency slip and an Emirati ID card in the name of an Asian person, as well as forging unofficial documents that are a passport, an account statement for that person’s affiliates, a salary certificate attributed to a company, and an application form for a personal loan. And the defendants used these forged documents to seize an amount of 490,000 dirhams from a bank, and their crime was frustrated by the discovery of falsification of documents.