51-year-old Arab ‘widow’ forges documents to rent apartment for brother
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Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter
A 51 years-old, Arab businesswoman had forged a rental contract, with the help of her 57 years-old brother, in order to rent an apartment for him.
The suspect claimed to be the widow of an expatriate businessman, and forged documents to rent his apartment to her brother.
Official records indicate that the victim’s original wife intended to rent his empty apartment, but was surprised to find out that the suspect had illegally rented the apartment to her own brother, without having any connection to the real owner.
Upon investigating the matter, police found that the suspect and the victim’s wife were on disputes with each other regarding the victim’s assets.
The suspect was claiming to be the deceased victim’s wife, and that she was a legitimate heir.
The Dubai Public Prosecution charged the suspects with forgery and referred them to criminal court for their crime.
Last month, a 31-year-old Asian woman, who worked in a telecom firm, has been charged with forgery and theft, after she forged documents and executed mobile services requests that helped her seize 496 mobile phones.
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The telecom firm was checking the suspect’s sales performance between 2014 and 2015 when it discovered all the forged documents and fake mobile service requests.
The suspect was the one in charge of running online requests of customers, and had the key to the phones locker, which enabled her to forge requests of 496 mobile phones, worth Dhs1.39 million.
The firm’s audit section found that around 93 customers were late in paying instalments on the phones.
When the suspect was confronted, she denied all the accusations. She stated that it was her colleague who used her computer system to forge the documents.
The saleswoman is now facing forgery, theft and embezzlement charges, and is detained for her crime.
