5 years imprisonment for a gang that kidnapped an employee and stole $ 299,000

The Dubai Criminal Court has sentenced a gang of seven defendants to five years in prison and a fine, after they were convicted of kidnapping an employee and a driver and stealing about 300,000 dollars from the first victim.

The Public Prosecution investigations reported that the fourth suspect works as a guard for a money exchange company in Dubai. He told the defendants that the first victim had large sums of money. The rest of the defendants followed him and stopped the car in which he was traveling, assuming the position of individuals in the Investigation Department, and they asked him and the driver of the car «the second victim »Show the two identity cards and transfer them to another car with the intention of stealing their money.

The first victim said that he works in an Asian country as an assistant manager at an exchange company, which deals with a money exchange company located in Dubai to exchange foreign currencies, as he brings foreign currencies to convert them into dollars, given that large sums cannot be transferred in his country, pointing out that he carries out these The job is done twice a month, legally and with the knowledge of customs.

He added that on the day of the incident, he came to the country as usual to transfer a sum of money, was received by the money exchange employees, and obtained a permit from Dubai Customs to transfer the sums, and received from them 300 thousand dollars, and in the evening of the same day he left the company accompanied by a driver (the second victim) to deliver him To Dubai Airport, but he was surprised on the road that many people stopped them, and one of them, wearing a Khaleeji uniform, spoke with the driver, and told him that he was an investigative officer and asked to show two identity cards, then they asked them to get off the car.

He added that the defendants tied their hands with electrical wires and took them to another emirate, put plastic bags on their faces and put them down in a sandy area, and left the place with the bag of money and belongings that they had seized, and after his success in breaking free from his chains, he was able to get out of the car and contact the police from a passerby’s phone. Dubai Identify the suspects and arrest them, and refer them to the Public Prosecution Office and from there to the Criminal Court, which ruled that they were found guilty, imprisoned for five years and fined.

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