Sharjah court orders deportation of a man for carrying out illegal money transfers

Sharjah Misdemeanours Court deported an Asian suspect from the country, instead of punishing them with one year in jail, after being convicted of transferring money outside the UAE without obtaining the necessary legal licence from the competent authorities.

The case papers indicate that the suspect was receiving amounts of money from people wishing to transfer them outside the country despite not possessing any licence authorising him to practise the activity.

Competent authorities monitored, through investigation and follow-up operations, the suspect practising illegal money transfer operations, before arresting him while receiving sums of money from clients, and receiving phone calls from people outside the UAE to coordinate unlicensed money transfers.

When confronted with the charges in the court, the suspect admitted to committing the crime of transferring money outside the UAE without obtaining the necessary legal permits to practise the activity.

Accordingly, Sharjah Misdemeanours Court ordered to deport him instead of jailing him for one year, with the confiscation of all seized items and tools used in committing the crime, and ordered him to pay the lawsuit fees.