Dubai visitor claims he can multiply $100 notes, cheats Indian of Dh73,000

The engineer filed a complaint at the police station after realising that he had been cheated.

A Dubai visitor faced trial for allegedly defrauding an Indian engineer of Dh73,000 after pretending about willing to invest a capital in his café in India.
The 45-year-old Nigerian man is also accused of possessing fake $100 bills. He has a runaway accomplice.
He has been charged at the Court of First Instance with possessing fake bills for circulation and fraud.
The incident, which began on March 22, was reported to Jebel Ali police station.
The complainant, 34, said he heard that a man was willing to be a partner in business project. "I was looking for a partner who would invest capital in a café that I was opening in India."
The engineer contacted that man and the latter claimed to him that he had a capital in South Africa ($1 million) and that bit would be sent to him through the consulate of his country in UAE. "We met on March 22 and sat talking in his car." 
The suspect then claimed to the complainant that the bills had been sent but he needed a chemical liquid to multiply and transform the notes into 'real' $ 100 bills.
The complainant recounted during investigation as to how he was talked by the suspect into withdrawing Dh73,000, and converting it into $20,000, after the latter washed some black papers in front of him and made them look like the real deal.
On April 4, the defendant visited the engineer at his place and brought a bag which he said contained bundles of black papers that needed to be multiplied. "He made me hand him $20,000 and claimed he would mix it with the papers inside the bag. He said he would start washing the papers 24 hours later," the engineer told the prosecutor.
The accused tricked the victim that he put his money ($20,000 inside the suitcase). He locked the bag with a key and left telling him not to try to open it and wait for him to come the next day.
But he never heard from him ever since.
The engineer filed a complaint at the police station after realising he had been cheated.
A report from the general directorate of criminal evidence and criminology said the $100 bills seized from the defendant were counterfeit. 
The next hearing is set for September 9.
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