Man defrauds manager of Dh26,000 in Dubai

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) A 22-year-old man has been charged in a Dubai court after he allegedly misused a woman's Emirates ID and defrauded her of Dh26,000. Prosecutors also accused the Pakistani man of misusing the Russian woman's ID to forge applications for four mobile phone numbers at two telecommunication providers. The pair filled the forms with the victim's details and faked her signature.

The defendant and a runaway accomplice duped the complainant of Dh26,000 after posting an advertisement online in which he pretended he was a PRO. When the complainant contacted him to renew a business licence for her, he requested all the necessary documents and her original ID. He managed to get the money from her.

He denied in the Court of First Instance charges of using others' personal identification document, forgery and use of forged documents and online fraud.

The complaint was filed at Al Qusais police station.

The 37-year-old complainant, a manager, said the accused defrauded her of Dh26,000 in two installments. "The first time was on October 4, 2017, and later on October 8," she said. "He had posted an ad online in which he promoted himself as a PRO at government departments. When I contacted him to get a new business licence, he asked for the expired licence copy, my passport copy and my original resident ID. I paid him Dh1,500 as down-payment and later a final amount of Dh24,500."

She said the defendant, who was using a fake name, obtained four mobile numbers in her name with her Emirates ID. "I had no idea whether he had other people who might have helped him in the fraud," she told the prosecutor.

One of the SIM numbers he got fraudulently in the victim's name has been deposited at the public prosecution.

Marie Nammour

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