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The Department of Economic Development - Dubai (DED) has warned trade establishments to be aware of people posing as government officials and forcing them to pay for advertising in magazines and leaflets.
Hassan Banfour, Senior Director of Field Surveillance Section at the DED, said some traders lodged complaints with the authority in this regard.
"Some of those people claimed to be representing government departments, and threatened to book the traders if they did not pay up for the ads," he said.
Banfour said some individuals were arrested after the DED carried out inspection campaigns.
He said most of the traders did not fall into the trap of the conmen, which illustrates that they are well aware of the laws and regulations enforced in the emirate, and their keenness in protecting their rights.
Dh2,800 traffic fine shocks motorist A motorist filed a complaint with the Department of Economic Development - Dubai (DED) against an auto workshop, claiming he was booked for traffic offences when the car was left in the shop. A day after he left his car at the workshop, he received a text message from the traffic police about accumulating Dh2,800 in traffic fines, he said. "It wasn't me who was behind the wheel when the offences were committed," he told the police and the DED. According to Ayman Al Falasi, Senior Director of the Consumer Complaints Section, the complainant approached the DED, saying he had left his car at the workshop to get some repairs done. When the complainant logged on to the traffic violations system he received messages about violations. The complainant called the workshop, but did not receive any reply. That was when he approached the DED. An officer at the consumer complaints section reviewed the complaint and the reported traffic offences, and ensured that the violations took place while the vehicle was in the workshop. The officer contacted the workshop manager and asked him to explain why the traffic offences were recorded when the car in question was in his shop. The manager said one of his workers drove the car to visit an automobile spare parts shop to make some purchases for the car. The officer prepared a list of violations registered against the car while it was kept in the shop and directed the owner to pay the Dhs2,800 in fines. reporters@khaleejtimes.com |
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