Forged papers used to swindle bank of Dh68,000

Two Pakistanis are on trial for allegedly forging a UAE residence visa on an Indian passport and other documents usually asked by banks for issuing credit cards.
 
AH, 44, and CZ, 33, stole Dh68,000 via two credit cards issued against the forged documents.
 
The manager of the victimised bank told investigators that the accused approached the bank last August and asked for a Visa card and a Master card.
 
CZ submitted the originals and photocopies of an Indian passport in the name of SJ, a UAE ID card, a bank statement and a salary certificate of the same person’s name.
 
Later in the month, the ‘client’ used Dh68,000 which was the ceiling of the card in one transaction.
 
“I suspected the operation and checking the salary certificate and the bank statement, I found out that the documents were forged, so I lodged a complaint with the police,” said the manager.
 
Police investigated the case which was one of other similar complaints reported by different banks and finance companies. The accused had asked for credit cards and loans.
 
Police trapped the accused CZ when he approached a finance company to collect his card.
 
Police confiscated from him original documents that carried the name of SJ.

Police also confiscated from the two accused the credit card that was issued by the bank.
 
CZ revealed that AH was the one who planned the  swindle and supplied him with the forged documents.

Police arrested AH who admitted to his involvement in some but not all the cases.

The court will reconvene on June 16.

 

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