An Arab seizes 118 thousand dirhams from Africa with a trick

A person of Arab nationality deluded an African merchant by the possibility of transferring sums due to his dirhams to the dollar currency within five minutes, in exchange for a certain percentage, and seized about 118 thousand dirhams.

The merchant resorted to the Civil Court in Dubai, after he was forced to come from his country to demand his dues.

The court ruled for him the seized amount, in addition to 5,000 dirhams as compensation.

In detail, a lawsuit dealer filed a request to compel a person to pay the amount of 117 thousand and 913 dirhams, in addition to the legal interest from the date of the judicial claim until the full payment, while obliging him to compensate 100 thousand dirhams for the material, psychological and moral damage that he was subjected to due to the defendant’s behavior.

He said in a statement that the defendant resides in the Emirates, and he assured him that he can pay his paid to suppliers in dollars through his accounts in the country, so he delivered it through a delegate of 117 thousand and 913 dirhams to pay it in the American dollar to a company that supplies goods from Canada.

The plaintiff added that the defendant pledged to him that he would transfer the amount in dollars to that company within just five minutes of his bank account without delay, given the nature of commercial transactions.

He pointed out that instead he was surprised by his delay and telling him that he needed to deposit the amount first in his bank account so that he could transfer the amount to the company, and in order to persuade him, he sent him his picture while depositing money through an automatic ATM machine.

The prosecutor continued that he waited for the transfer later, but to no avail, so he asked him to return the amount he received in order to pay the bill himself to the company, but he refrained from that, and escaped from him, which prompted him to come to the state to recover his money, because the supplier pursues him, and he desperately needed to pay the value of the bill that the defendant was supposed to pay.

He pointed out that brokers tried to communicate with the defendant to persuade him to solve the issue amicably and transfer the amount to the supplier company, but they did not find listening ears, so he had to pay the value of the bill again to the company to avoid delay fines, then the defendant again demanded that the money be returned, but he refrained from that, which caused material and psychological damage to the plaintiff who resorted to the court and presented a document portfolio that included an bill. The company, and copies of the “WhatsApp” correspondence between him and the defendant who was not appeared before the court.

In the reasons for its ruling, the court stated that according to the Civil Transactions Law, “Whoever seizes something unlawfully must return it to its owner with the gains or benefits he gained, and the judge may compensate the right holder for what is limited to what the holder shortened.”

She indicated that according to the constant of the documents, the defendant has received the claimant from the claimant, and he did not return it to him. He also did not attend, and he did not provide what was proven to fulfill his commitment, and he did not pay the lawsuit with any payment or defense, which is something that the court requires that it be obligated to pay the amount seized, in addition to compensating the value of 5,000 dirhams.

. The plaintiff had to come from his country to demand his dues after the defendant refrained from responding to his communications.