Two fraudsters from an African country (one of whom is a security guard), lured an Arab employee to play the temptation chord, as they published an advertisement on the “Instagram” network stating that they were currency dealers, and they had a quantity of dollars that could be sold at an attractive price, so he contacted them in the hope of winning the tempting deal and gave them 75 thousand Dirhams for 30 thousand dollars, which is a much lower price than traded in the official market, and later discovered when he fled from the place that they were fake dollars. convicting them, and sentenced the first in his presence and the second in absentia to one year’s imprisonment and a fine, and the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict.
In detail, the victim, an (Arab) employee, said in the Public Prosecution’s investigations that he was browsing the “Instagram” network and saw a picture of dollars attached to information about buying and selling currency, so he contacted the owner of the picture and asked him if he was selling dollars inside the UAE, so he told him that he is a resident Abroad, but he has friends inside he can communicate with, and he sent him two numbers for one of them, so he communicated with him via “WhatsApp” and they agreed to meet in one of the areas of Deira.
The victim added that he met two Africans, one of whom is the second fugitive, and agreed with the latter to buy 30,000 dollars for 75,000 dirhams, provided that the money will be sent to him at a later date with the first defendant.
He pointed out that on the appointed date on Friday morning, he met the first accused in the Frij Al Marar area, and the latter went with him to his car, and handed him a “bundle” of dollars wrapped in a plastic bag, and in return the victim handed him 75 thousand dirhams, and when he tried to open the bag to make sure it was original. The accused opened the door and fled with the cash.
By questioning the first arrested suspect, who committed the crime and fled, by the Public Prosecution, he admitted committing the fraud with the other fugitive accused, and that he handed over the proceeds of the crime to the second suspect, and the latter gave him 300 dirhams in exchange for his role in the incident.
While the accused retracted his statements before the Criminal Court, and his lawyer pleaded for the invalidity of the procedures for not showing him the forged papers with the knowledge of the prosecution, but the court refused to pay and did not accept his denial, given his confession at a later stage, and ordered his imprisonment in his presence for a year, as well as his fugitive colleague, in addition to a fine of 200 thousand dirhams. And another fine of 75,000 dirhams, the value of the seized amount, and the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict.
• The two scammers published an advertisement on “Instagram” about selling dollars at an attractive price.
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