Manager jailed for misusing another man’s Emirates ID

dubai — A manager, who used another man’s Emirates ID to fraudulently collect amounts of money at an exchange office, has been sentenced to one year in jail by a Dubai court.

Public prosecution records show the 26-year-old Pakistani manager hatched a plan with runaway accomplices to swindle a Russian woman by falsely claiming to her she won a Dh200,000 prize from a telecom company.

The case dates back to September 2, 2017, when the manager and his friends called the victim. During the phone call, they won her trust after revealing her full name and workplace and pretending to her she was the lucky winner of a prize. That made her believe them and follow their instructions of wiring them amounts of money.

The Court of First Instance found the defendant guilty of misusing another man’s ID and aiding and abetting in fraud and ordered his deportation after completing his jail term.

The victim, a 28-year-old resident, said she received a text message that she “had won a Dh 200,000 prize from her telecom provider”. “A man called me from a landline and claimed he worked for the phone services company. There were people around him, which made me believe they were staff and I was convinced of what he claimed.”

She realised later that she had just fallen victim to fraud. The woman filed a complaint at the police station of the Dubai International Airport.

During public prosecution investigation, the manager admitted he had met a compatriot, claiming he did not have his personal details. The court ruling remains subject to appeal.

There were people around him, which made me believe they were staff and I was convinced of what he claimed.”

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