Duo embezzle Dhs100,000 using fictitious e-mail
DUBAI: Two jobless persons have landed up in the Misdemeanour Court for allegedly embezzling Dhs100,000 from a private company by creating a fictitous email address impersonating a contracting company the victim had previously worked with.
Counsellor Dr Khalid Ali Al Junaibi, Senior Chief Prosecutor-deira Prosecution, said the two accused requested a money transfer from the victim company to the bank account of the first.
A sum of money was also transferred to the bank account of the second.
During prosecution investigation, the victim testified a leter was received on his company’s email from an e-mail impersonating the company it had conducted prior commercial transactions with.
The victim fell for the fictitious leter and deposited a cash amount of Dhs100,000 in the name of the beneficiaries; the first and the second accused.
Al Junaibi added the duo commited fraud by using IT means, punishable as per the Federal Penal Code. The duo have been referred in absentia to the Court of Misdemeanour and Violations.
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According to the victim’s testimony, the suspect had a commercial relationship with her, and asked her to lend him Dhs400,000 for the purpose of business. He claimed she would earn Dhs800,000 as profits, which he would give her in four installments.
He reportedly told her that he owned two commercial companies and showed her the licences.
He also gave her a cheque for Dhs1 million and signed a paper indicating he had received the loan.
The victim added the suspect also gave her a paper in which he pledged to hand over the sums, and a paper showing he had booked her two under construction apartments for her and her son, to earn her confidence.
The suspect and the victim had financial disputes and the victim headed to a bank to encash the cheque but the bank told her that the suspect’s account did not have sufficient funds. She accordingly filed a report with the police and the suspect was arrested.