DUBAI // Three people accused of defrauding an investor by claiming close ties with the former governor of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) have appeared in court. GK, 26, from Guinea, ST, a female hairdresser from India, and a third person identified only as TJ, have been charged with the forgery of official documents, the use of forged documents and embezzlement of Dh530,000. GK has also been charged with aiding and abetting TJ, who has not been apprehended, while ST was charged with acquiring embezzled funds.
Prosecutors claim TJ manufactured a false letter of guarantee under the name of Dr Omar bin Sulaiman, the former governor of DIFC, and a forged certificate of establishment for a company named Docket Telecommunications. TJ then presented the documents to the investor who placed Dh530,000 into his foreign bank accounts. GK allegedly aided and abetted TJ in his scam and convinced the investor the investment would be for a company to be set up in his name.
ST, prosecutors allege, received the funds in an Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank account with the intention of handing them to TJ and GK in exchange for a handling fee. Prosecutors also claim the woman later confessed to the crime and claimed she received more than Dh500,000 from TJ. The defendants deny all charges and the case was adjourned to August 23. @Email:amustafa@thenational.ae
