Nigerian man who attempted to withdraw money from another man's bank account jailed for 6 months in Dubai

The unemployed Nigerian man who tried to
withdraw more than Dh500,000 from the bank
account of a man who had lost his Emirates ID was
sentenced to six months in prison today, February
8. He will be deported after serving his sentence.

The 26-year-old was found guilty at Dubai Criminal
Court of using an original official document belonging to others and of forging an official
document - the withdrawal slip - by signing it and
adding his personal details, as well as using the
forged slip, and attempting to fraudulently obtain
Dh580,000.

He visited a bank on Khalid bin Al Waleed Road in
Dubai and pretended to be Kenyan D M, 23, by signing an order to withdraw Dh580,000 from the latter’s account and using the card as ID.

On May 12 last year, the Nigerian was contacted by
his friend, whose name and nationality were not
given, after the friend had found the ID card. He
asked the Nigerian to pose as the card holder to
withdraw the money and he would get a share ofbDh50,000.
It was not clear how his friend came to know that the Kenyan had that amount of money with this
particular bank. The next morning, the Nigerian visited the bank but was thwarted when an
employee spotted the difference between him and
the photo on the ID. He managed to escape but
was arrested in October in Al Baraha and referred to
prosecutors.

"I lost my wallet two months before I was contacted by police to inform me that my card was
used by someone to withdraw cash from the bank,”
testified the Kenyan.