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Forger's 10-yr jail term reduced to 6 months

Abu Dhabi - The company owner filed a complaint against his workers after he discovered some cash had gone missing

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Ismail Sebugwaawo

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Published: Mon 5 Jun 2017, 8:58 PM

Last updated: Mon 5 Jun 2017, 10:59 PM

An Arab man, convicted of forging documents to defraud money from the firm where he worked, has had his 10-year-jail sentence reduced to six months on appeal.
The jail term was reduced followed his meeting with the owner of the company who is also serving a sentence for issuing a dud cheque. Official court documents stated that the Arab had connived with others to defraud money from a private firm.
The company owner filed a complaint against his workers after he discovered some cash had gone missing through fraudulent means. The main accused and others were arrested after police investigations.
The Criminal Court of First Instance in Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi gave the young man 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of forgery and fraud. The court also ordered him to be deported after serving the jail sentence.
The man challenged the verdict, stressing that he was wrongly convicted. After filing an appeal for the case, the man met the owner of the company whose money was misappropriated. The company owner was surprised that he was put among those involved in the theft.
The owner went and testified in the Appeal Court that the young man was only involved in other minor malpractices but was not in the list of workers whom he complained against for defrauding cash from his company.
The Appeal Court judge then cancelled an earlier sentence and gave the man only six months in jail.
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