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Accused who duped several women using marriage proposal trick is now on trial

Jordanian man went on trial at the Dubai Court of First Instance after he was accused of illegally obtaining Dh195,000 from a woman after promising to marry her.

The 29-year-old Jordanian woman met the defendant in Dubai while she was looking on Facebook for an apartment to rent. He claimed he was an engineer at Emirates airline and would marry her.

Blackmail using pictures

Records show that she sent money to him between September and November 2018 as he said he had financial problems.

In January 2019, she reported him to Jebel Ali police station when he threatened to defame her with private pictures taken from her phone.

Dubai Police arrested the defendant and discovered that he had conned many women.

The woman testified: “He saw my request on Facebook that I was searching for an apartment and I met him in Dubai. I told him that I’m single and was looking for an apartment... He called my father and made a proposal to marry me.”

She met him later at a shopping mall where he showed her a picture of his bank account, which had Dh206,000.

“I thought he would marry me but later discovered that he stole my credit card and booked a ticket for me to go to Jordan where he was to come to meet my family,” added the victim.

However, the defendant claimed he had to go to Saudi Arabia for work. He later claimed that he ran over someone and needed money to get him treated in hospital. The defendant fabricated different stories and she kept sending him money until November when she refused to pay him more.

“He called me and threatened to defame me with my personal pictures. I informed my father who advised me to report him to the police.”