Jail for cheating and posessing fake dollars

A Nigerian convicted of fraud was awarded 2 years in jail after he cheated a manager.

The convict, SN, 35, freight worker, paid Khaled Adel, Syrian, forged US dollars after showing interest of making $10m investment.

Khaled Adel testified that he had received an overseas call where the person expressed his interest to invest in the UAE. “Two days later the same person called from a local number and we decided to meet in order to discuss about the money matters,” Khaled said.

Khaled alerted the police when the latter asked him to meet SN in person. The police then arrested the fraudster who has prior  criminal records.

The court sentenced him to two years in jail and ordered SN to pay Dh30,000 fine. He will be deported after serving term.
 
SN was also charged for possessing fake dollars.
 

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