Asian forges leasing contract to issue family visa

DUBAI: A 35-year-old Asian man was arrested and referred to the criminal court on forgery charges, ater forging a leasing contract to issue a Dubai visa for his family.

Court records indicate that the defendant had headed to a government institution to get his family’s visa issued last May.

He handed over his family’s documents along with the forged lease, thinking that he could get away with his crime.

However, the vigilance of one of the employees exposed the defendant’s criminal act, as the employee suspected the authenticity of the contract.

The employee compared details and discovered that it was forged. The case was transferred to the concerned authorities and the defendant was immediately placed under arrest.

During interrogation, the forger confessed to commiting such an act only to facilitate the coming of his family to the UAE.

Recently, a 37-year-old Asian adviser was imprisoned and prosecuted by Dubai courts for forging a rental contract to get visa issued for his son.

Official records indicate that the incident took place last March, ater the defendant’s crime was discovered by employees of an immigration services office.

Ater auditing the documents submited by the defendant, employees found out that the contract’s stamps atributed to Sharjah Municipality and Sewa were forged.

They informed authorities and the defendant was arrested. “The defendant submited official documents, including the forged tenancy contract to get a visa issued for his son,” an employee of the immigration services office testified. “Ater the forgery was discovered, the defendant admited to geting the help of another accomplice to forge the documents in exchange for Dhs700.”

During investigations the defendant confessed to geting the runaway accomplice’s help in forging the contract in exchange for money.

In April, the Dubai Court of Appeal has upheld the ruling issued by Criminal Court of sentencing an African duo to a year in jail and a Dhs150,000 fine for commiting forgery in Dubai.

The duo will be deported ater serving their jail term. The incident dates back to January last year, when the two defendants worked with other accomplices to forge official documents and seize a vehicle to export it abroad. The victim, an Arab salesman working at a car showroom, filed a police report against the main defendant, who was later arrested and sentenced to 1 year jail-term and a Dhs220,000 fine.