They used forged documents with a fugitive accused ... and "Dubai Criminal Court" has started their trial

Two hairdressers hack the account of a businessman and seize 1.9 million dirhams

A (Asian) businessman was surprised to withdraw one million and 924 thousand dirhams from his account while traveling on a trip to his country, so he informed the bank from which the money had been embezzled of the crime, and it was later found that Asian barbers had penetrated his account with another fugitive, and the three were able to forge an identity card in the businessman’s name, and extract a chip A replacement for a lost SIM card, then one of them pretended to be through the bank’s phone service and answered the identifying questions, and requested the issuance of a check book and a new debit card, according to the investigations of the Dubai Public Prosecution, which referred the defendants to the Criminal Court, and the case papers did not reveal how the defendants obtained confidential data To the victim.

The businessman said in the investigations of the Public Prosecution that he had an account in a local bank and noticed that no messages were received on his phone number while he was on leave in his country, but he did not care that he was using a number issued by his country, pointing out that he was shocked when he checked his account through the phone application and discovered a discount One million and 924 thousand dirhams from him, he called the bank, which asked him to report to the police, but he informed the administration of his presence abroad and asked the bank to report the incident.

He added that, within two days, he returned to the Emirates and visited the bank, and discovered that a person had impersonated him and asked for a check book and a bank card and seized with them the amounts referred to, as they withdrew in three checks an amount of one million and 800 thousand dirhams, and with the card about 89 thousand and 500 dirhams, and carried out some purchases with the rest of the amount, Pointing out that the defendants were able to obtain his data and extract a lost replacement from his SIM card using forged documents, then penetrated his account.

For its part, an investigator at the bank stated that an internal investigation was conducted upon receiving a call from the victim and it was found that a person contacted the bank by phone as the account holder, claimed the loss of his debit card and requested a check book, and answered all the identification questions of the victim.

The investigator said that based on the procedures followed, a check book and a debit card were delivered to the address specified by the accused, and one of the perpetrators received them after showing a forged ID bearing the name of the victim and the picture of the first accused in the incident, pointing out that three checks were used to withdraw the bulk of the amount, then it was used. ATM card to withdraw 89 thousand and 500 dirhams in installments.

For his part, the first defendant (Asian) barber admitted in the Public Prosecution's investigations that he used a forged identity card in the name of the victim to receive a parcel containing a check book and a debit card, and used a check to disburse an amount of 928 thousand dirhams, in addition to withdrawing cash sums using an ATM card, as well as The second defendant (Hallaq) admitted to cashing two more checks from the victim's account, and the accused were arrested after emptying the surveillance cameras in the branches from which they cashed the checks.

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