He lured her emotionally ... and threatened to send her pictures to her brother

A manager seizes 235 thousand dirhams from a Gulf country with a "marriage promise"

The Public Prosecution in Dubai referred an Arab director to the Criminal Court, on charges of seizing 235 thousand dirhams, in addition to other sums, in payments and checks, from a (Gulf) woman, after he assumed the status of a Gulf person and deluded her of his desire to marry her, and obtained from her The money on the pretext of preparing the marital home, he also blackmailed it with videos and pictures that she sent to him, assigned her to shameful matters, and threatened to expose her if the competent authorities reported him.

The victim, a 32-year-old employee, said that she got to know the accused, who is 45 years old, through one of the marriage sites, and he offered to marry her in April of last year, after he had deluded her that he was a Gulf like her, and then their relationship strengthened over time, She trusted him, until he began asking her for money as a help.

She added that she used to issue him checks to help him pay the rent and other things, and because of her overconfidence in him, she sent him personal photos and videos of her, so he started threatening her to send her pictures to her brother if she stopped helping him financially, so she responded to him for a period of time, fearing him.

She added that the total sums that she transferred to the accused amounted to 235 thousand dirhams in cash, in addition to other transfers in small amounts, and 11 checks were issued to him, but she was surprised by him submitting a report against it with the checks that she wrote to him as without balance, pointing out that he was not satisfied with that. Her brother informed her, who had provided her with his phone number, to approach him about their marriage. He also used to blackmail her through messages exchanged between them on the "WhatsApp" application by sending her pictures to her brother.

For his part, the defendant said in the investigations of the Public Prosecution that the checks issued to him by the victim were in return for lending him an amount of 50 thousand dirhams, which contradicted the content of a phone chat between them, requesting that she lend him sums of money.

The Dubai Public Prosecution charged him with committing the felony of threatening to use information technology means to entrust matters outrageous for honor and consideration, and misdemeanor for insulting using information technology and fraud to seize the money of others.

Follow our latest local and sports news, and the latest political and economic developments via Google news