Dubai Prosecution warns of the legal consequences to deposit in suspicious accounts

The Public Prosecution in Dubai warned of the consequences of involvement in the crime of depositing funds with unknown bank accounts to buy narcotic substances, or to receive funds from unknown sources.

The Chief of the Assistant Prosecutor of the Drug Prosecutor, Counselor Abdullah Saleh Al -Raisi, revealed that people were in good faith in the crime of depositing by giving their identity cards to others who used them to transfer money to the adulterers’ accounts, pointing out that there are cases of people who have involved their families in these crimes, including a man who used the identity card of his wife in the process of transferring, what he presented for legal accountability.

The head said on the sidelines of a symposium organized by the Public Prosecution in Dubai under the title “Legal Chat”, that the last law No. 30 of 2021 in the matter of drug control surrounded the created methods developed by drug traffickers and promoters, among them what was used to call it a policeman with “unknown messages”, which is the sale of drugs “Online”, and sending a text message to the buyer containing a map in a site in which the drug was buried, provided that it is transferred to the price A bank account related to meadows.

He added that the authorities concerned with drug control in the state have believed in these methods, and followed many of the bank accounts to which drug funds were converted, and were able to identify the people who made transfers to these accounts.

He pointed out that the new law dealt with the crime of deposit in detail, so Article 63 states that it is punished with imprisonment or a fine of no less than 50 thousand dirhams, everyone who deposited or transformed money by himself or by others, or before transferring it to him with the intention of committing any of the crimes of abuse or personal use of narcotic substances or mental effects.

While Article 65 of the same law states that it is punished with imprisonment and a fine of no less than 100 thousand dirhams, whoever has, hides or performed any process of money when there are sufficient evidence or evidence that they were obtained as a result of the commission of drug crimes.

He continued that in addition to the penalties included in the previous two articles, Article 74 of the same law adds another measure, stipulating that everyone who is convicted of any of the crimes punishable according to the provisions of this law is prohibited from transferring or depositing any money itself or by others, except on the authority of the UAE Central Bank in coordination with the Ministry of Interior, and this ban continues for a period of two years after the completion of the sentence.

The head said that the problem in this crime has been involved in good faith in the deposit operations, as a result of giving their identity cards to one of their users or their friends, thinking that he wanted to use them in a legitimate matter, unaware of legal consequences, pointing out that the user acts with excessive selfishness and tries to remove suspicions from himself with another implication.

He added that one of the cases with which the Public Prosecution dealt with, a Gulf wife who was shocked to be involved in transferring a sum of money to the account of one of the promoters, and was referred to the Public Prosecution.

He pointed out that she stated during the investigations that she had nothing to do with the owner of the account, and she did not make any transfer herself, but her husband asked to use her card, so she could not reject in light of her absolute confidence.

He continued that the husband admitted the use of his wife’s identity card, believing that when he does so he will remove the suspicions from himself, unanswered that he would put her in this position.

The main affirmed that the Public Prosecution shall be proven during its investigations that the good -intention factor is available, such as the previous case and the husband’s recognition that he is the owner of the transfer, but this is based on the proof of the accused by depositing that he did not commit the act of the crime.

He explained that it is possible for the accused to find it difficult to prove this if the other party denies the use of his identity card, and then he is subject to accountability and the law applies to him.

He stated that one of the defendants stated during his investigation that his brother was the one who asked him to conduct the deposit, and another mentioned that he did this at the request of his friend as a result of a problem in the latter’s identity card, and he was tightened with others who submitted similar justifications, and sentences were issued to condemn a number of them.

He pointed out that there are other cases of people who did this as a matter of helping to others unknown, who asked them to conduct a deposit for them in an account, due to a problem in including their data and their urgent need to transfer for humanitarian reasons.

The main stressed that “the law is clear in this regard, and as long as the person has made the deposit himself or allowed another to use his identity card, he exposes himself to legal accountability, so it is necessary not to get involved in the first place.”

He said that there is another aspect of the crime of money transfers collected in drug -related crimes, which is that a number of people are victims of drug dealers, who take advantage of them to open bank accounts after their delusion that they will be dedicated to transferring their profits in regular commercial operations, but with the passage of time and investigations, these accounts are used to receive the funds resulting from drug trafficking without the knowledge of their owners.

He stated that from the reality of issues, some people are involved in this crime after persuading them by a person who knows him that he practices a kind of trade such as phones or others and faces difficulty opening a bank account, and requests to open an account in his name in exchange for a percentage or for help, and the owner of the account is involved in a felony of money or things suspected of obtaining from an unlawful source.

He pointed to the need to pay attention to these matters because ignorance of the law does not exempt from accountability, and goodwill may lead its owner to complex legal consequences, pointing out that there are accused people who confirmed during the investigations that they have nothing to do with promotion operations, but they could not prove that the transfers were not made by them, so they were convicted and punished.

He explained that the anti -drug devices in the country are following and monitoring suspicious bank accounts, and they can reach those involved in conducting banking transactions through them, so it is necessary to avoid falling into this trap, whether in good faith or with the intention of avoiding accountability and punitive procedures.