UAE | Crime
Trial of currency fraudsters begins
The trial of four men who possessed 2.5 million in fake Indian rupees (about Dh200,000) and a Filipina who possessed two fake $100 bills (Dh3,670) with the intent to sell them started on Sunday.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:02 November 9, 2008
Dubai: The trial of four men who possessed 2.5 million in fake Indian rupees (about Dh200,000) and a Filipina who possessed two fake $100 bills (Dh3,670) with the intent to sell them started on Sunday.
The Public Prosecution charged three male suspects who are from Pakistan, 30-year-old salesman M.S., 31-year-old supervisor S.N., 38-year-old visitor R.B., 28-year-old Syrian sales representative, A.F., with possessing the counterfeited Indian rupees with the intent to sell them in the local market. The 37-year-old Filipina exchange house employee, A.K., was also charged with possessing $200 in faked currency with the intent to sell them.
"I didn't know that the dollars were faked. I am innocent and didn't intend to commit any crime," the Filipina told the Dubai Court of First Instance.
The Pakistani trio and the Syrian denied their charges and pleaded not guilty when the judge confronted them with their charges.
A police sergeant testified that the police confiscated part of the faked Indian rupees in A.F.'s house.
A police corporal claimed that the Pakistani suspects were aware that the money was faked.
An Emirati first lieutenant alleged in his statement that the Pakistanis handed the faked currency to the Syrian who sells it in the market.
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