“Dubai Criminal” punished him with imprisonment, a fine and deportation

An Asian seizes the savings of his friends with a “fake project”

The accused confessed to seizing 80 thousand dirhams.

Photography: Ashok Verma

The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced to imprisonment and a fine of 128 thousand dirhams against an Asian who defrauded three of his friends and roommates, after he tempted them with a fictitious project, and seized their savings.

The details of the case stated that the accused claimed to the victims that he had a business project to invest in importing Indian meat and selling it in the country, assuring them that this project would generate great income for them, so they agreed to participate with him in light of their great confidence in him.

She added that the first victim handed him 38,000 dirhams, the second gave him 70,000 dirhams, while the third handed him 20,000 dirhams.

The first victim said in the investigations of the Public Prosecution that the accused was accompanying him in the housing, and he talked to them about a commercial project to import meat, and assured them that it would generate great profits, but that he had limited capabilities and did not have the capital to implement it, and he asked them to participate with him in the project, defrauded them and took possession of money.

While the second victim stated that he was handing the accused varying amounts of amounts within the framework of their agreement to partner in the meat project, and he used to receive his money in front of their co-workers, without concluding any papers or receipts, and he did not obtain any guarantees from him, as did the other two victims. .

He pointed out that he tried to ascertain the seriousness of the project, so he accompanied the accused to an office specialized in commercial licenses in Dubai, and paid some fees to obtain a license for the company. But he began to procrastinate and evade him, until he realized that he had fallen victim to fraud at the hands of his friend, after taking his savings from him.

When the accused was questioned by the court, he denied the accusation against him, and decided that he had received 80,000 dirhams from one of the victims to invest in importing meat, but he was defrauded by a company he contracted with in his country, and asked for clemency.

For its part, the court amended the description of the accusation attributed to the accused from fraud to waste and breach of trust, and confirmed its proof against him in accordance with the decision of the papers, and sentenced him to six months in prison and a fine of the amount seized by 128 thousand dirhams, and considered that according to his past, his behavior and the circumstances of the crime that there is a possibility of his taking for committing another crime, which also ordered his deportation from the state.

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