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Man gets suspended jail term for forgery

Dubai - The man was accused of changing the issuance and validity dates

A manager, accused of forging three membership cards of a fitness club, was given a suspended jail term of three months.
The 37-year-old, a Russian, was accused in the Court of First Instance of changing the issuance and validity dates on the cards by covering the original dates with paper clippings showing new dates. He also posted the personal photo of one of his friends on the cards.
The suspension of the execution of the sentence is effective for three years.
The incident was reported to the Port Police on June 17.
Apart from the forgery charge, the manager was also accused of using the forged cards by giving them to his friends to use in order to get access to the health club in Palm Jumeirah Island. He earlier claimed before the judge bench that the club had dropped its accusations against him.
The club's Filipino security guard, 40, said he was on duty at around 7pm at the club and the beach, which is usually visited by the residents, when two men and a woman came.
"They produced three membership cards. I checked and found there was no registration for the membership cards they presented, in the club's records. I realised the cards were forged," he said during the investigation.
The guard informed his superior and he was told to call the police.
The cops arrived and seized the cards and took the trio into police custody. -
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