The court ordered him to pay 5750 dirhams to the plaintiff

A young man seizes another money with fake tickets

"Civil Ras Al Khaimah" confirmed that no one is allowed to take the money of another without a legitimate reason and he must return it. Archival

Young people were subjected to fraud, after another deluded him that he could book tickets for him and his family through the website of an airline worth 5750 dirhams, but the defendant seized the amount, which prompted the plaintiff to file a civil lawsuit before the courts of Ras Al Khaimah, where the Ras Al Khaimah Civil Court ruled to oblige the defendant to return the amount, and obligated him to fees and expenses, on the basis that no one is allowed to take the money of another without a legitimate reason, if he takes it, he must return it.

In detail, the lawsuit papers stated that the defendant handed the plaintiff a statement stating that these flights had been booked, but it was found that he had not booked the tickets, and it was a fictitious operation, and upon reviewing it, the defendant handed him a cheque for the amount drawn on a bank, despite his prior knowledge of the closure of the bank account.

She explained that the plaintiff opened a complaint against the defendant, and a criminal judgment was issued in absentia fining him 5000,<> dirhams, and despite the plaintiff's demand to return the amount handed over to him, he refused, which prompted him to file a civil lawsuit to claim his financial rights.

A partial civil court explained that it concludes that, unlike the penal judgment, the penal order has no authority to abide by the civil courts, even if it is final, but nevertheless the court, within the framework of its discretion, considers that it is proved that the defendant's seizure of the plaintiff's property was proved.

She added: «Referring to what was included in the research, including the investigations of the Public Prosecution, and the minutes of evidence, that the defendant received from the plaintiff the amount to book tickets for him and his family from Dubai to an Arab country, but he seized the amount without actually booking him tickets, claiming that the tickets were canceled due to a technical malfunction in the system, promising him to return the amount, and handed him a check for 5000 dirhams that turned out to be without balance».

It pointed out that it was proven that the defendant acknowledged that he received the amount of money from the plaintiff, that he did not book travel tickets, and that he did not return the amount of money to the plaintiff, and therefore the court considers that the plaintiff's request to oblige the defendant to return the amount, because no one is allowed to take the money of another without a legitimate reason, if he takes it, he must return it, pursuant to the provisions of Article 318 of the Civil Transactions Law, and the court tends to oblige the defendant to pay the plaintiff 5750 dirhams, and obligated him to pay the lawsuit fees and expenses.