The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court has imposed a fine of AED 85,000 and also charged an interest of 5 percent on a female company Manager in a permanent residence fraud case.
A female service company manager faced a complaint of committing fraud for duping a man for promising him and his family a residence permit in a European country in exchange for AED 85,000.
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The victim filed a lawsuit against the defendant in which he said that she fraudulently took AED 85,000 from him through an Instagram ad in return for a permanent residence.
In his lawsuit, the victim stated though the company took the money it didn’t get the job done.
The victim complained that he communicated with the defendant to recover his money, but the company did not respond.
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The Court of First Instance ruled that the defendant should pay a fine of AED 40,000 to be followed by deportation. A similar fine of AED 40,000 was imposed on the company.
The Court of Appeal upheld the ruling issued by the Court of First Instance to impose a fine on the company manager AED 40,000 but revoked the ban issued against her and acquitted the company. (AW)
