ABU DHABI // A company owner who produced flawed security access cards was jailed for three years yesterday and ordered to pay Dh215 million.
S?M, an Emirati, supplied a million cards to the Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA), but they did not work and were easy to counterfeit.
The authority said the mistake cost it Dh107,702,000.
The Emirati had been contracted to supply the cards through a German company, but was later found to have partnered with a Turkish organisation who produced the cards at a cut price.
The Criminal Court previously sentenced him in absentia to three years in prison, ordered him to repay the CNIA Dh107.7m and pay the same amount as a fine.
The Emirati appealed the verdict and was granted a retrial at the same court - but it upheld the first verdict.
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Dr Amal Khalid Alias revealed a recent case of a woman with daughters, who specifically wanted a boy.
A semen analysis of the father showed abnormal sperm so the couple required IVF.
Out of 21 eggs collected, six were unused leaving 15 suitable for IVF.
A specific procedure was used, called intracytoplasmic sperm injection where a single sperm cell is inserted into the egg.
On day three of the process, 14 embryos were biopsied for gender selection.
The next day, a pre-implantation genetic report revealed four normal male embryos, three female and seven abnormal samples.
Day five of the treatment saw two male embryos transferred to the patient.
The woman recorded a positive pregnancy test two weeks later.
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