He claims to be rich and signs them into his net in cooperation with 3 accused

A car broker manipulates women's feelings and seizes millions of dirhams

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Dubai Police has arrested an Arab car broker, accused of being involved in fraud, appropriation of others' money and forgery, of manipulating the market value of cars, and selling them at more than their value, exploiting his great ability to persuade and claim wealth and impersonate a European, and emotionally manipulate his female victims to collect millions of dirhams With these criminal means, three other people were also arrested, who helped him in his crimes, by playing different roles, including: forging car documents and passing their financing transactions through a bank at a value higher than their real price.

Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation Affairs, Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansoori, said that the team at Al Rashidiya Police Station tracked down the fraudster and succeeded in arresting him, pointing to the need for individuals to pay attention to such practices when buying cars, to ensure their true value, and not to sign any Papers before verifying their authenticity, pointing out that the accused inflicted victims of both sexes, and tampered with their minds to the point of not scrutinizing what he says, or what documents he provides to them.

He added that the work team faced challenges in dealing with the reports that were received against the accused, because the victims were convinced of the offers he made to them, and they signed purchase contracts without confirming the real value of the vehicles because of their excessive confidence in him, and after months they discovered that they were vulnerable to fraud.

For his part, the acting director of the Rashidiya Center, Colonel Muhammad bin Majid Al-Marri, stated that the accused used a nom de guerre to entrap his victims, and claimed that he had a European nationality so that the victims could trust him.

He added that the center received several communications against the accused, so a working group was formed that undertook the search, investigation and gathering evidence, and concluded that there were three other men who participated in the execution of the crimes, and the necessary measures were taken against them and referred all of them to the Public Prosecution in Dubai, to take legal action against them.

For his part, the head of the Criminal Records Department at Al Rashidiya Police Station, Colonel Abdul Rahman Al Habtoor, confirmed that the accused has a great ability to persuade, and has been emotionally manipulating his female victims by accompanying them to parties in luxury cars to accuse them of his wealth, pointing out that he was able to collect millions of dirhams With these fraudulent methods.

He added that the first case of fraud was a woman, who mediated her purchase of a vehicle, trusted him, and signed a murabaha contract for 153,000 dirhams, while the real market value of the vehicle was about 42,000 dirhams, to seize the difference in value for himself, just as he embezzled 27,000 dirhams from her. Additional, to complete the murabaha process as claimed.

He added that the accused defrauded another woman, after he dropped her in his window and tied with her emotionally, and convinced her to sell her luxury vehicle to a person for 240,000 dirhams without her knowledge, or her presence and seized the amount for himself.

He pointed out that the third victim was a wealthy person who met him at an exhibition, and persuaded him to sell his luxury car and buy new ones, sold the car and seized its price, pointing out that he had seized 296,000 dirhams from a fourth person in the form of a loan in exchange for mortgaging a luxury vehicle, and issued a check to the victim in the amount of 525. One thousand dirhams as security, and he promised him a luxury car, and he did not fulfill his promise, and it turned out that the check account was closed.

He pointed out that the fifth victim was a European woman who sold her a vehicle, and persuaded her to sign a murabaha contract and checks worth 187,000 dirhams, and he seized 12,000 dirhams from her to complete the murabaha process, but after a while she discovered that the insurance receipt was forged, and the vehicle was not insured.

As for the sixth victim, she is a European woman who sold her a vehicle, and after a while she discovered that she had signed a sale contract, checks amounting to 209,000 dirhams, contrary to what was agreed upon, and that she was deceived.

He explained that after recording those reports, the accused was tracked down, and it turned out that he was a fraudulent professional, relying on this to his cheerful personality and his persuasive manner to trap his victims, women and men, especially as he used to travel luxury cars, to lure them and provide them with car dealership services.

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