Visitor uses other’s ID to collect cash

A Nigerian visitor allegedly used Emirates ID of two other people to collect remittance from a money exchange, Dubai Criminal Court heard on Sunday.

On May 12, the 26-year-old visitor collected Dh2,550 transferred to him from Australia using an Emirates ID of SN, Kenyan.

A Syrian employee of the exchange, YM, testified handing over the money to the suspect after he submitted the Emirates ID card.

The employee told the court that after about an hour, the suspect returned again to collect money sent to him from New Zealand.

“He submitted the same ID. This time, I checked the picture on the ID and found it was not of him. Thus I confronted him,” said the employee.

“When I threatened him that I will call the police, he claimed that his name is LA from Ghana and the ID was of his friend,” testified the employee.

Checking the company’s records, the employee found out that the Nigerian had collected money transfers several times from different countries using other IDs.

Police confiscated the IDs.

The court will issue verdict on June 29.