3 impersonate Abu Dhabi government officials, seize Dhs200,000 from a woman

Abdulrahman Saeed, Staff Reporter

Abu Dhabi Court of Family, Civil and Administrative Cases obligated three suspects to return Dhs200,000 to a woman, which they have seized from her in a fradulent manner.

One of the suspects claiming to be an official of the Abu Dhabi government andasked the woman to update her personal bank data.

She reportedly gave him her ATM card numbers, after which he withdrew Dhs200,000 from her account and transferred the amount to the other suspects’ bank accounts, using an information technology method.

The details of the case date back to an earlier time when a woman filed a lawsuit against 3 people in which she requested that they be obligated to jointly pay her Dhs200,000, in addition to obligating them to pay the fees and expenses of the case.

The victim said that the appellees seized Dhs200,000 from her bank account by fraudulent means after she gave them her credit card numbers, so she filed a complaint.

She added that the Public Prosecution referred the suspects to court, where a criminal verdict was issued against them on charges of seizing money by fraudulent means using information technology means.

The court sentenced them to jail and ordered them to be deprived of using the Internet for two months and their deportation, besides paying the lawsuit fees.

The first suspect appealed the verdict to the Appellate Court that accepted the appeal in form, but modified the prison term to six months and upheld the deportation and payment of the case fees.

The court also clarified that the preliminary and appellate verdicts issued against the suspects have become final, explaining that according to the provisions of Articles 292 and 293/1 of the Civil Transactions Law, any harm to others requires compensation, and therefore obligated the suspects to compensate the appellant  with Dhs20,000 for the damages she incurred.