An Emirates Post revenue officer, who attempted to illicit a Dh100,000 bribe from a corporate customer, has been sentenced to one year in prison.<br/> The Jordanian revenue officer, 28, collected and audited profits, among other duties, on behalf of Emirates Post office in Dubai.<br/> In May, the officer told the owner of a shipping company, that deals with Emirates Post, that his company had been fined Dh2.4 million for manipulating revenues to avoid paying postal fees.<br/> The company's Indian owner, 43, said he had never met the accused before being contacted by him and told him about the fines.<br/> "The revenue books are all correct and audited by Emirates Post staff and the last audit took place in mid-April this year," the Indian man told prosecutors.<br/> "He told me that he checked our books and found some irregularities and that we have been concealing some shipments to avoid fee payments," said the owner.<br/> The accused asked him for Dh100,000 in return for helping reduce the fine amount to Dh400,000, following which the owner called police.<br/> The Indian man was fitted with a recording device and given Dh100,000 in marked money by police. He was told to arrange to meet the defendant and pay him the bribe.<br/> The accused took the money and was arrested in the car park of Al Mulla Plaza in Dubai.<br/> In court last September, the accused denied a charge of bribery, but was convicted.<br/> He was sentenced to one year in prison to be followed by deportation and fined Dh100,000.