They thought they got away with their crime after sneaking out of the country

“Dubai Appeal” upholds the penalty of 4 accused of stealing the proceeds of selling digital currency

The Court of First Instance sentenced the defendants to 3 years in prison and a fine of 1.7 million dirhams.

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The Dubai Court of Appeal upheld a three-year prison sentence and a fine of one million and 700 thousand dirhams, against four Asian defendants, who stole the aforementioned amount, which is the proceeds of a digital currency sale carried out by a person.

The defendants - according to the details of the incident - thought that they got away with their crime when they infiltrated outside the country, but the Dubai police were on the lookout for them, so they tracked them down and arrested them with part of the money they stole, in coordination with the authorities in a neighboring country.

In detail, the details of the case - as stated in the investigations of the Public Prosecution in Dubai - stated that it was established in the conviction of the court that the defendants knew that the first victim kept in his apartment, in which he lives with another person, an amount of one million and 700 thousand dirhams, the proceeds of the sale of digital currencies, so they planned to steal it and prepared The preparation for this, and shared roles among themselves.

She indicated that one of them took the rest of the accused to the targeted apartment and waited for them outside, while the others knocked on the door, and he was in the apartment of the second victim, the first victim’s companion in the housing, and as soon as he opened the door, they pushed him inside and assaulted him and threatened him with a knife, so he directed them to a safe An iron cage in which the first kept the money, and they forced him to hand them the key, so they stole the money from her and ran away.

As soon as the police were informed of the incident, a research team was formed that identified the suspects and discovered their illegal infiltration into a neighboring country. It reached their whereabouts in coordination with the authorities there, and they were arrested and found in possession of sums of money obtained from the crime.

After his arrest, the first accused admitted that the second accused was the planner of the crime, and he was the one who brought them to the place and determined what they wanted, so they attacked the person in the apartment and the money in the safe was seized, acknowledging that what was found in him was the proceeds of theft.

The rest of the defendants admitted their roles in the crime, while the first victim stated that the money that was stolen from him was the proceeds of selling a digital currency and he claimed a civil against the defendants.

After examining the case, the Court of First Instance sentenced the defendants to three years in prison and a fine of 1.7 million dirhams, then expelled them from the state. 

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