To increase his followers on "Instagram" ... and the police referred him to the prosecution
European businessman throws counterfeit thousands of euros at workers in Dubai
European businessman in possession of fake currency.
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The accused shows his pictures on "Instagram" in a luxury car.
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The Dubai Criminal Court is looking into a case in which a European businessman and an Asian person are accused of possessing fake sums of money, and broadcasting a video clip on the "Instagram" application, throwing thousands of euros from his vehicle at a number of Asian workers, with the help of the second accused.
And he led a video clip - monitored by Dubai police, belonging to a European businessman active on the social network "Instagram", throwing sums of money in the euro into the air from his vehicle at a number of Asian workers who flocked to him, without adhering to the precautionary measures against the Corona virus - Another crime to be discovered is possession of large sums of counterfeit money.
The European businessman had asked for 740 thousand dollars from a website promoting the fake currency, and 467 thousand euros he brought with the help of another Asian accused in the case, after he gave him its specifications to fake it, in order to throw it on the workers to increase the number of his followers on the application of "Instagram", and referred the Public Prosecution in Dubai. The defendants go to the Criminal Court, which started their trial.
A witness from the Electronic Investigation Department of Dubai Police said, “The electronic patrols have spotted a video clip posted on (Instagram), of someone throwing sums of money in euros from his vehicle while it was on its way, which prompted many workers to gather on the ground in a way that disrupts public order.”
He added, "A team from the administration was able to identify the driver of the car, who is the first suspect (EM - European), and arrested him in the parking lots of a shopping mall."
He continued: “By asking the accused about the incident, he admitted that he had done what was stated in the video in Al Quoz Industrial Area, to increase followers on his account, and to appear in the image of a person who lives a luxurious and luxurious life, and he admitted that he threw 50 thousand euros from the car, but it is not real, and bought it from an online store at a value 1,000 dirhams, and documented his confession through a WhatsApp conversation between him and an Asian employee who bought him those currencies.
He added, "Permission was obtained from the Public Prosecution to inspect the residence of the first accused, where an amount of 700 thousand fake dollars was found, in addition to 417 thousand fake euros, so an ambush was prepared by him for the second accused, who came to hand him one million and 500 thousand fake euros as well."
He pointed out that by asking the second accused, he admitted to printing the fake money in the shop, through a computer, at the request of the first accused, who told him that he would distribute it at a party as a show. He also admitted to handing over the first sums of money before, but he made sure to write the phrase «money Not real »on them.
The witness confirmed in the Public Prosecution investigations that the first accused’s behavior by throwing money at workers is insulting, affecting public morals, and endangering their lives by collecting them in light of the current circumstances associated with the Corona pandemic, as well as the possibility of them being subjected to car accidents due to their gathering in an unsafe manner, and the counterfeit currencies. That he was throwing allows it to spread among people.
He pointed out that the accused showed a clip on his account on "Instagram" while driving a luxury car and around him bundles of dollars. A friend of his who photographed him while throwing money was also arrested, and he was referred to the court of misdemeanors and violations because he had no role in counterfeiting currencies, pointing out that the workers They were deceived by the money that the accused was throwing because it resembles the real, and they belong to a simple category that is difficult to distinguish between real and counterfeit currencies.
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