Dubai: A clerk lost his appeal and will spend three years in jail for forging an Emirates ID and using it with another culprit to defraud a local bank of Dh1 million in cash and credit cards.
In April, the Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the Pakistani clerk and his countryman visitor of forging the Emirates ID and using it to apply for loans and credit cards to defraud the bank.
They were sentenced to three years in jail followed by deportation.
The 22-year-old clerk appealed the primary ruling and pleaded not guilty before the Appeal Court.
Presiding judge Saeed Salem Bin Sarm rejected the defendant’s appeal and upheld his three-year imprisonment.
When he defended himself before the appellate court, he contended that it was the other convict who forged the papers and embezzled the bank’s money.
According to the appellate judgement, the accused will be deported following the completion of his punishment.
Records said the convicted visitor embezzled Dh480,000 in the form of a bank loan and a credit card and the 22-year-old accused embezzled around Dh490,000 in the form of a bank loan and a credit card as well.
A director at the bank testified in court that he reported the matter to the police after discovering that the defendants had provided them with forged documents when they applied for loans.
The appellate ruling remains subject to appeal before the Cassation Court within 25 days.
