Man sentenced to five years in jail on forgery and fraud charges in Sharjah

Sharjah Misdemeanor Court sentenced a man to five years in jail to be followed by deportation for defrauding another man by forging an employment visa and using it to swindle money from him after convincing him that he could provide him with a job opportunity within the country.

The court also ordered the forged official documents to be confiscated.

Earlier, the victim stated in his testimony that the accused, with the help of another person, deceived him into believing that it was possible to obtain an employment visa for him, adding that they agreed with him to complete the procedures in exchange for a sum of money.

Following a meeting that brought the parties together outdoors, the accused asked the victim to transfer Dhs8,000 to his bank account in exchange for taking out the visa.

Once the accused made sure that the money had been deposited into his account, he sent the victim a photo of the alleged employment visa via WhatsApp. The victim, however, immediately checked if the visa was authentic but found that it was a forged document.

The victim indicated that he tried to contact the accused to recover his money and inquire about the truth of the visa, but the accused blocked him through the app and cut off all means of communication with him, which prompted him to file a report with the competent authorities.

During the trial sessions, the court confronted the accused with the charges against him, which included forging an official document and using it to fraudulently swindle the victim’s money. The defendant admitted to committing the act and receiving the money from the victim.