The Dubai Misdemeanours Court penalised an Arab Dhs268,000 and sentenced him to a year in jail with deportation for using a counterfeit cheque to swindle the owner of a car for the same amount, then exporting and selling the vehicle to an Asian in a bordering nation.
The first defendant had already contacted the car’s owner, who had listed it for sale online, and expressed his interest in purchasing it. He then paid for it using a cheque. The check was discovered to be fake after the paperwork was signed and the car was delivered.
During the interrogation, the car’s owner said that he attempted to pay the cheque but found it to be a fake. Then, with his phone off, he attempted to get in touch with the buyer to retrieve the car or its price, but to no avail. The vendor formally reported this to the police as a result.
The Asian suspect denied any knowledge of the vehicle’s illicit acquisition during questioning, arguing that he had bought it lawfully using legitimate processes and documentation, such as an export certificate from the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The Asian defendant’s lawyer, Musa Al Ameri, said that his client made the transaction using legitimate records, namely an export certificate.
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