UAE: Man defrauded of Dh200,000 in bitcoin buying and selling

The convicted claimed to be a dealer within the digital foreign money and seized the quantity

Printed: Solar 8 Jan 2023, 7:30 AM

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An Asian girl seized Dh200,000 from an Arab investor claiming to purchase him digital foreign money. The Dubai Misdemeanour and Infractions Courtroom convicted her and fined her Dh20,000, along with the quantity she seized.

In 2021, an investor had reported that he had been defrauded by an Asian girl. He stated that he met a girl who claimed to be promoting Bitcoin, to whom he expressed curiosity when it comes to funding.

The sufferer stated that he went to the girl’s workplace in Worldwide Metropolis and gave her Dh200,000 in change of Bitcoin.

He stated that he stored ready for a notification regardign the deal, however the girl stated that it might get delayed as a result of a technical malfunction.

The sufferer then left the workplace and waited for the subsequent day. Nonetheless, when the notification nonetheless did not arrive, he realised that he had been defrauded and lodged a grievance.

A policeman concerned within the investigations said that the girl stated she had been requested to purchase a neighborhood foreign money in change of the cash. The convicted added that she had accomplished the transaction and despatched the cash to an account in her nation,

Nonetheless, the girl didn’t show her declare so she was referred to the court docket on costs of fraud and breach of belief.