'Give me change of fake dollar bill in dirhams'

A Pakistani allegedly paid a shop a forged $100 note to get a pair of shoes for Dh55. He asked for the change in dirhams, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

On June 9, MAM, 43, jobless Pakistani, visited Al Taabir Trading at Al Sabkha area and asked the salesman to show him a variety of shoes, and so did the latter.

None of the shoes captured the admiration of the buyer, so he asked the salesman if they had high heel shoes. The salesman showed him some and he picked one, testified Bashir Abdullah 36, Indian salesman.

He paid the cashier Shamsuddin a note of $100 and asked him to pay him the change in UAE dirhams.

The cashier did not accept the note which had ink stains and told the buyer if he had other currencies but the buyer said no.

Then the cashier had to tell him that he saw other currency notes including Dh100 notes when he first opened his wallet. The buyer denied that and then picked another $100 note and gave it to the cashier, Shamsuddin Ali, 31, Indian, cashier, testified before the prosecution.

The cashier discovered that the note was forged and when asked him about its source, the accused claimed he got it from the airport’s free zone and then said he had it from his home country.

The cashier called the police and stood next to the door to prevent the accused from running away.

Saleh Taher, 35, policeman testified that while he was patrolling Al Sabkha area at 10.30pm a salesman approached him and asked him to come to the shop as there was a fake note holder in.

The policeman asked MAM if he has other forged notes, and the later presented other three of $100 notes. And, MAM answered negatively to a question if he had other currency.

Asking him about his residency location, MAM told the policeman “I do not have a residency because I entered the country illegally just last night.”

At the police station, police confiscated two or three notes of Dh100 with him, the policeman testified.
 
The Criminal laboratory report proved that the four $100 notes were forged with high efficiency.
 
The Dubai Criminal Court adjourned the case for verdict until October 6.

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