They tricked someone into sharing a big secret and tried to convince them to double the money

The fall of the "fake diplomat" gang before seizing 100,000 dirhams

It is established in the papers that the accused, along with others on the run, tried to deceive the victim of a quick gain.

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The Dubai Criminal Court ruled to imprison an African accused who, along with others fleeing, defrauded an Arab person and were close to seizing 100,000 dirhams after he convinced him that he was a diplomat and wanted to invest with him. The last time the victim realized that they were fraudulent.

In detail, the victim said that he received a call from one of the fugitive defendants, who claimed to him that he was a diplomat belonging to a country, and that he wanted to invest with him and involve him in his own projects. The latter was excited and agreed, but the fake diplomat asked him to meet with two of his aides due to his busyness and lack of time.

He added that he met the other defendants, including the first arrested, and discussed with him ways to invest, and then offered him the last time to reveal to him a big secret that generates huge sums of money, provided that he does not disclose it to whoever he was.

He indicated that they offered him their ability to multiply the money by adding some solutions to the currency to be multiplied, and they had the tools for that, and they conducted an experiment in front of him by washing a paper that looked like a $100 bill, and asked him to spend it himself to ensure its authenticity.

He added that the defendants later asked him for 100,000 dirhams to buy solutions and powder needed to launder millions of dollars.

By questioning the accused in the arrest report and the investigations of the Public Prosecution, and before the court, he confessed his crime, and asked for clemency.

In its ruling, the court stated that the crime of fraud occurs by taking a false name or an incorrect capacity by the offender, noting that one of the fraudulent methods is the delusion of the existence of a false project, a forged incident, or the hope of making a profit.

She pointed out that it was established in the papers that the accused, along with others on the run, tried to delude the victim into a quick gain, and he would have succeeded in doing so had it not been for the vigilance of the victim and informing the police, and ruled that the accused be imprisoned for six months and expelled from the state. 

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