Duo on trial for forging cheques

dubai - Two men, who allegedly forged two cheques worth Dh16,000 which they falsely claimed to be issued from a charity fund, werecharged with forgery and attempted fraud.

According to public prosecution records, a 40-year-old Indian clerk and Pakistani manager, 26, have a runaway accomplice.

All the three men forged the cheques and even faked an official’s signature. Their fraudulent attempt to encash the cheques from the bank account belonging to a charity fund was foiled after the bank employees found the cheques were forged. They were charged in the Court of First Instance with forgery and use of forged document and attempted fraud.

The case dates back to December 21, 2017, and reported by the bank staff to Bur Dubai police station.

“At around 5.30pm, the two men came to the bank tellers and presented two cheques. They were the beneficiaries of those cheques. Our employee checked the cheques firsthand and suspected they were not authentic. After scanning them with the special forgery detector, the cheques were found to be fake indeed. The employee asked for the two men’s Emirates resident ID cards and then called me,” the bank manager said during investigation.

“After I was called, we informed the police. The pair was arrested at the bank.”

A letter from the charity fund dated January 4, 2018, said the two original cheques were still unused (the ones that bear the same serial numbers).

The two cheques were seized and examined at the General Directorate of Criminal Evidence which concluded in their report they were thoroughly forged. The cheques have been deposited at the public prosecution as evidence.