PRO forges diploma for 62-yr-old father

dubai — A Syrian man and his son have both gone on trial in a Dubai court on charges of forging a university diploma and using it to obtain an employment visa for the father.

The Court of First Instance heard the 62-year-old man and his son, 34, forged a diploma in information and accounting which they falsely claimed was issued from a university in Syria.

They then presented it at a Tasheel centre to get an employment visa for the father. The pair has an accomplice who is on the loose. They were both charged with forgery and use of forged document.

The case dates back to May 16, 2016, and a complaint was registered at Al Qusais police station.

A 53-year-old Syrian investor, who owns 11 establishments here, said the 34-yearold accused worked for him as a PRO. “He used to run all my businesses administratively and financially. He had also the power to recruit and terminate staff. He requested that I brought his father on a visit visa and then to adjust his status as a resident. I agreed and sponsored his father’s visa.”

The investor added that later he got a phone call from a man with whom he had a business relation, informing him that the son had issued a visa for his father by submitting a fake college degree. “Accordingly, his father was given a post as a purchase manager. I met along with a legal consultant the runaway accomplice in Sharjah. The latter told me that the son paid him Dh500 to fake the degree for him in the name of his father.”

An Egyptian legal consultant said he was present in the meeting (in Sharjah) when the runaway accomplice recounted how the son sought his help in issuing a forged degree needed for his father’s residence visa.

The Tasheel branch employee, who was summoned to give a deposition at the public prosecution, said the son had presented a passport copy, an attested copy of a college degree and other documents related to the sponsoring company and a copy of the employment contract when he applied for a visa.

The next hearing will be on April 23.

i met the runaway accomplice in Sharjah along with a legal consultant. He told me that the son paid him dh500 to fake the degree in the name of his father.” Syrian investor, witness