The accused bans victims after seizing their money

A man and a woman defraud those who want maids

The Dubai Court convicted the defendant and punished him with a fine. Cinematographer: Patrick Castillo

The Misdemeanor Court in Dubai convicted a person (Gulf), who participated with an unknown woman in fraud using information technology means, by publishing an advertisement stating his ability to bring maids to those interested, at attractive prices, so a person contacted him, and agreed with him to bring a maid, and paid him a deposit for it, but he discovered that he fell victim to a fraud, so he informed the police, who reached the accused, and referred him to the Public Prosecution.

According to the details of the case, as settled in the certainty of the court, and reassured him of its conscience, and stated in the investigations of the Public Prosecution, that the accused took the forbidden way to earn, and took fraud as a means of that, by publishing an advertisement through the social networking program «WhatsApp» stating his ability to bring maids of different nationalities, at attractive prices, and hired an unknown woman to respond to those wishing to bring maids.

The victim's wife indicated that she read the advertisement, contacted the unknown woman, and agreed with her to bring in an African support worker, in exchange for 3500,2000 dirhams, which she paid <>,<> dirhams as a deposit and the rest of the amount when the maid arrived. The case papers indicated that under this agreement, the victim deposited the deposit in the accused's account, but he was surprised that the latter blocked his number as soon as he received the amount, realized that he had been the victim of a fraud, and reported the incident.

The victim stated in the investigations of the Public Prosecution, that he saw an advertisement for attracting maids via the WhatsApp application, so he told his wife, who communicated by phone on the number listed in the advertisement, and an Arab woman responded to her, informing her of the availability of her requests, and she told the woman that she wanted a maid from a certain African country, and the employee confirmed that she was present, and would reach her on the same day, and asked her to make a payment of the amount as a deposit, and pay the rest of the money after the maid's arrival.

The husband added that he deposited the amount according to the agreement, and waited for the arrival of the maid, but she did not arrive, and was surprised by the blocking of his phone number, so he could not communicate with the accused, so he informed the Electronic Investigation Department, and by checking the recipient of the transfer, he was arrested. When questioned in the prosecution's investigations, the defendant denied the charge against him, denying that he was connected to the incident, and did not appear before the court, which concluded his conviction, and sentenced him to a fine of 4000,<> dirhams.