66 years imprisonment for a citizen and his wife, and the conviction of 16 defendants of different nationalities and obligating them to return 52 million dirhams.

The Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation upheld rulings convicting a citizen, his wife, and 16 defendants of different nationalities in 12 cases, for committing the crimes of harming public funds, forgery, bribery, profiteering, appropriation, commercial fraud, and disrupting a public facility. The conviction rulings for the first defendant and his wife included imprisonment for a period of 66 years, fines, and restitution of 39 million. AED for the total number of adjudicated cases.

These rulings also included the conviction of the remaining defendants to imprisonment for periods ranging from three to 15 years, and fines amounting to 13 million dirhams for committing these crimes, after their referral from the Public Prosecution in Abu Dhabi, which began its investigations after receiving reports from the competent authorities, stating that the accused The president and his wife are running a criminal activity that violates the law, by establishing private warehouses in their home to store expired food and consumer items, and working with the help of others to amend the expiration date and re-offer them for sale.

The crimes committed by the defendants included requesting and taking a gift, in order to use alleged influence by claiming the ability to mediate with a public authority to obtain a benefit, committing the crime of regulating the water line connecting to a farm in violation and not installing a meter for it, and causing damage to the pipes of the water facility by means of Connecting a water line to the farm to the main line, which led to a decrease in the water flow rate, resulting in the disruption of the public facility.

They intentionally caused damage to the equipment of the electricity facility in six properties owned by the first defendant, by disconnecting the main protection from the electricity panel, which led to an electrical short circuit, which resulted in the disruption of the public facility by cutting off electricity to other beneficiaries, and they deliberately committed an act that would endanger the lives of others. To the danger, they randomly disconnected and connected the wires in the electrical panels in properties owned by the first defendant, and in violation of the conditions and standards, which leads to the risk of electricity leakage and the risk of ignition, and this may result in serious damage.

The defendants also committed the crime of attempting to seize the public road separating two farms, and disrupting the flow of public land transportation, by merging the two farms, unlawfully encroaching on the road separating them, in addition to forging official documents and electronic documents, and using them to carry out these crimes.

With regard to commercial fraud crimes, the defendants deliberately altered and changed the essential characteristics and validity, and provided incorrect and misleading commercial data for goods and products, including organic food products, which would endanger people’s health and lives, in addition to promoting adulterated goods that had expired, the subject of the previous accusations. Through misleading advertising, a method that includes incorrect data, and inviting the public to buy counterfeit goods, claiming their quality and suitability.

. The main defendant and his wife established warehouses in their home to store expired food and consumer items, and worked with the help of others to amend the expiration date and re-offer them for sale.

. 16 defendants were convicted of imprisonment for periods ranging from 3 to 15 years, and fines amounting to 13 million dirhams for committing these crimes.