An accused who seized 692 thousand dirhams for phones was imprisoned

The Sharjah Court of First Instance sentenced a defendant to six months in prison, after convicting him of seizing 692,000 dirhams without any investigation.

The accused had deluded a person into his ability to provide 160 iPhone 17 Pro Max phones and sell them to him, before he received the money and disappeared.

The victim stated in his report that he agreed with the accused to buy 160 “iPhone 17 Pro Max” phones for 692 thousand dirhams, and handed him the money, so the accused told him that he would go to get the phones, but he did not return, or the money would be returned to him.

The Public Prosecution referred the accused to court, after accusing him of illegally seizing sums of money through fraud, demanding that he be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Crimes and Penal Code.

For his part, lawyer Muhammad Al-Awami Al-Mansouri, in his capacity as agent for the civil victim, submitted a statement of claim before the court, in which he demanded that the accused be obligated to pay his client an amount of 52 thousand dirhams as temporary civil compensation, for the material and moral damages that he suffered as a result of the act he committed without taking into account the rules, ethics, law, and good dealing between merchants.

He explained in the Civil Prosecution newspaper that the Public Prosecution accused the accused of having seized the amount owned by the victim, through fraud.

After the court heard the arguments and reviewed the papers and the evidence they contained, it was certain that the incident was proven and that it was attributed to the accused.

It explained in the merits of its ruling that the accused acknowledged during the investigations that he had received the amount, and stated that he had handed it over to another person, but he did not provide anything proving the validity of his statements or justifying the non-implementation of the agreement with the victim.

She confirmed that the crime of fraud occurs when the perpetrator uses means that would deceive the victim and force him to hand over money, pointing out her confidence in the evidence presented in the case, and the proven availability of the elements of the crime and their attribution to the accused. It ruled in its presence to punish the accused with six months’ imprisonment for the charge charged against him, and to refer the civil case to the competent civil court, while keeping the decision on fees and expenses.