Four men found guilty of cyber fraud in Al Ain, ordered to repay Dhs61,000 to victim

Al Ain Civil, Commercial and Administrative Cases Court obligated four men to return Dhs61,500 to a person in a cyber fraud case. The court also obligated them to pay a compensation of Dhs1,000 each, totaling Dhs4,000.

According to the official documents, the defendants got the money owned by the plaintiff through electronic fraud without being involved in the crime.

The defendants illegitimately got these funds after accepting financial transfers from the victim’s account without the existence of any financial or contractual relationship or prior knowledge.

They were convicted under the criminal case of the Al Ain Public Prosecution on the aforementioned charge in the presence of one of the defendants and in absentia against the other defendants.

The plaintiff submitted to the court a detailed statement of account showing the amounts transferred to each of the defendants as follows: Dhs5,000 to the first defendant, Dhs9,500 to the second defendant, Dhs32,000 to the third defendant and Dhs15,000 to the fourth defendant.

The court stated that it was legally established that no one might take someone else’s money without a legitimate reason and that if one took the money in this way, one must return it.

One’s money is transferred to another person only in two cases; namely, the two parties agree to that or the money is decided by the law to be transferred, it added.

If the money is transferred in other than these two cases, it must be returned to its original owner, provided that the owner of the money must provide evidence of the transfer of his money to the other person(s), it said.

As the plaintiff submitted his statement of account which detailed the amount of money transferred to each defendant, the defendants are required to return those amounts to their owner, each according to what he had received, the court added, noting that they were also required to pay a compensation of Dhs1,000 each plus the incurred fees and expenses.