Two Asians fraudulently obtained a loan of 160,000 dirhams

The Public Prosecution referred two Asian nationals to the misdemeanour court on charges of defrauding a bank client by convincing her that they were employees of the same bank, so she must update her bank card before depriving her of benefiting from any banking services, so she provided them with all the data, after which they requested a loan in the amount of 160 thousand dirhams and seize it.

Assistant Head of Prosecution, Maktoum Obaid Al Shamsi, who initiated the investigation into the incident, said that through the investigations of the Public Prosecution, it was found that the victim had been defrauded by fraudulent methods and impersonated an incorrect character, as the victim pretended that they were from the bank she dealt with and had her own account, and to convince her In support of their statements, they provided her with her bank card number and personal data. Indeed, we were able to deceive the victim by providing them with the OTP number so that they could update her data according to their request.

He added: "The two accused, after they obtained all the confidential banking information that belonged to the customer alone, submitted an application for a loan from the bank in the amount of 160,000 dirhams, and the request was actually approved by the bank, where that amount was deposited in the victim's account," explaining that The defendants were waiting for the deposit, as they seized the amount as soon as it was deposited in her account, and immediately transferred it to their own accounts with two different banks.

Al-Shamsi explained that with this ploy, the two accused committed a misdemeanor of fraud to seize the money of others, which is punishable according to the articles of the Federal Penal Code and its amendments.

• The two accused accused the victim that they were from a bank you deal with.

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