A Gulf person seduced an Arab woman with a mobile phone deal (iPhone) at a price less than half of its market value, through an advertisement he posted on a social media channel.
Despite her previous lack of knowledge of him, the woman succumbed to the temptation of money, transferred 60 thousand dirhams to the accused, then waited for the shipment of phones to arrive, to realize that she had misplaced her trust, so she informed the police, who took action against the accused, arrested him and referred him to the Public Prosecution.
The prosecution charged him with appropriating the money of others in a fraudulent manner and using an information technology method. It referred him to the Criminal Court, which sentenced him in absentia to a fine of 5,000 dirhams. However, the Public Prosecution appealed the verdict before the Court of Appeal, which toughened the sentence, ruling him to one month in prison and a fine of 60,000 dirhams.
In the referral order, the prosecution stated that the accused had fraudulently seized 50,000 dirhams for himself through an information technology means, by placing an advertisement on a social media account, claiming that he was a merchant and had merchandise consisting of iPhones and offered to buy them at a lower price. about its price in the market, and sent pictures of the goods to the victim, which would not have deceived her, so she transferred the amount to him through the exchange company.
By asking the victim, she decided that she had no previous relationship with the accused, and that she had seen the advertisement on a commercial platform on social networks, in which the accused offered a group of “iPhone” phones at a price lower than what is traded in the market.
And she stated that she had contacted him by text in order to buy the phones, so he agreed and agreed with her to send the required devices for 60 thousand dirhams, and he asked her by phone to transfer the money to complete the deal, so she responded to his request despite not knowing him in advance, and transferred the amount to him in installments after agreeing on a date. for delivery.
She indicated that she waited for him to complete the required part on his part, and to ship the phones to her, but he evaded the delivery, then began to delay her and did not return her money to her, and she later learned that he did not have any phones, so she realized that she had fallen victim to fraud and reported him to the police.
By asking the accused in the Public Prosecution investigations, he admitted that he works in a different job, and that he received a call from the victim after a phone dealer provided her with his number, telling her that he trades in mobile phones, and that he has goods worth 120,000 dirhams and wants to share them with her.
The accused said that these goods were present in one of the stores, and the woman did not see them due to the mutual trust between them, and he received 60,000 dirhams from them through the cashier, but he did not implement the agreement on his part, and he was unable to return the amount due to the freezing of his bank accounts and his arrest.
After hearing the case from the Court of First Instance, it concluded that the accused, who did not appear for trial, deliberately intended to seize the victim’s money by fraudulent means, but considered – from the circumstances and circumstances of the case – to take it with a measure of clemency, and ruled in absentia to convict him and fine him 5,000 dirhams.
For his part, the accused opposed the judgment in absentia by appealing against him, and a session was set to consider the case, but he did not attend it, again, so the court considered as if the opposition had not occurred and upheld the preliminary judgment.
In addition, the Public Prosecution appealed against the initial ruling, as well as the accused, before the Court of Appeal, which ended up tightening the sentence to imprisonment for one month, and a fine of 60,000 dirhams.
The accused stalled the victim and did not return the money to her, so she realized that she had fallen victim to fraud and reported it to the police.
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