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High-profile conman gets a year in jail
DUBAI - The Dubai Misdemeanour Court yesterday sentenced Saeed Abbas Ali Dorouki (40) to one year in prison to be followed by deportation for fraudulently laying his hands on funds belonging to Yambali Mushkini Satti. According to court records, the claimant told the police in March that he was taken for a ride by the defendant.
He said that he got acquainted with the defendant four months ago who claimed to be in charge of the financial businesses of many Shaikhs in the Gulf countries. The defendant also showed him two ID cards indicating that he was the chairman of the Iranian Democratic Party and board chairman of an international trade company.
Both of them then agreed to organise at the Burj Al Arab an exhibition of archaeological artefacts owned by Yambali, at a total cost of $128,000. Saeed Abbas asked Yambali to pay the rent for the premises, and the latter paid the rent in instalments. The defendant also asked the victim to provide him samples of the masterpieces, plus a CD containing the copies of samples to showcase them to one of the Shaikhs in Dubai. He handed him the CD and a prized masterpiece. After some days, the defendant returned the masterpiece, telling him that it appealed to the Shaikh and he wanted all the 32 masterpieces valued at $4,290 million.
When the victim Yambali demanded the defendant Saeed Abbas to offer a receipt for selling the masterpieces, he told him that the products were for the Shaikhs and wondered how he had dared ask for a voucher from a Shaikh. Convinced with this reasoning, the victim handed the defendant all the goods in the presence of a number of witnesses. The defendant told the victim that the value of the goods would be deposited in the latter’s bank account — a move that entailed the opening of an account at one of the banks. When they reached the bank, the defendant asked the victim for Dh10,000 as payment to the banker to expedite the transaction. The defendant took the money from the victim and asked him to wait outside the bank. After a while, the defendant came out confirming that the transaction was processed and the value of the goods would be deposited in the victim’s account after three days.
After three days, the victim went to the bank to make sure the money was deposited in his account. To his shock, the banker told him that there was no account in his name. At this moment of truth, he was dead sure that he had become a victim of a swindler. He then informed the police who succeeded in nabbing Saeed Abbas. The police searched Abbas’s house in Sharjah, where they found a bag full of artefacts, appliances, currencies and models.
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