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Egyptian lawyer gets 3-year jail term for forgery
DUBAI -An Egyptian lawyer, S. K., was sentenced in absentia by the Dubai Court of First Instances to three years in jail to be followed by deportation.
The court also fined his accomplice, A. M., a national and a lawyer, Dh 30,000 for embezzling Dh 320,000 of N. S., an Iranian.
The court also found the two lawyers guilty of forging documents specifically a bank cheque and the two were also found guilty on breach of trust and forgery.
According to the court, the case dates to January 27,2002 when the plaintiff N. S. was injured in a traffic accident. The man sustained fractures on the foot, pelvis, left hand, and internal injuries in the brain. He was hospitalised, and remained under medical care for three months. While in hospital the brother of the accused along with the first defendant who works in an advocacy office visited the plaintiff at the hospital.
They were said to have agreed with him to sue the insurance company to get compensation for him against a 25 per cent commission to be paid to them (the two lawyers). They asked the man to prepare a power of attorney and made him sign some documents without his knowledge of the contents.
The man, who was later discharged from the hospital and left the country for home, however, authorised the first suspect to follow up the case.
After many failed attempts to enquire about what had happened to his case, he decided to come himself to Dubai. He decided to come through Oman, but was deported after it was found that he had dues pending. He tried to sneak again through a check-post on February 1, 2003 but was caught.
He said the reason behind his illegal entry was to find out about the dues. The lawyer, who runs the advocacy office, when asked said that the plaintiff had received all his dues as per a receipt. The plaintiff denied that saying that he had signed on the receipt as court charges.
The cheque which he had signed was worth Dh 32,000.
It appeared through investigations that the insurance company had paid an amount of Dh 420,000 as compensation to the man as per the cheque No. 58435 dated June 30,2002, six months after the accident.
The amount of the cheque was handed to the defendant (owner of the lawyers office) on July 3, 2003. The forensic science report showed that there was manipulation and forgery in the document.
The plaintiff was also said to have signed another document, when one of the two defendants made him to understand that he would not be able to give him back his rights, and the case would be kept.
Therefore, he told him to relinquish payment of Dh 50,000.
Before his deportation, the lawyer was contacted, and it appeared that it was a trick, so the plaintiff again submitted a request asking for canceling the relinquishment.
The court, after studying the testimonies of the witnesses and the statements of the manager of accidents section at the insurance company, found the duo guilty and ordered the first defendant who was present at the hearing to pay a fine worth Dh 30,000 and the second defendant was sentenced to three years to be followed by deportation.
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