The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced a 42-year-old to one year in jail for impersonating a doctor to get AED 80,000 worth of credit card from a bank.
The Court passed the sentence on charges of forging official documents as well as attempting to illegally obtain AED 80,000 from a bank.
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The defendant impersonated as a doctor to meet a bank representative in an official white uniform to fraudulently obtain an AED 80,000 credit card.
In January 2020, a bank employee discovered that the identity of a customer was forged and the rest of the documents were not authentic as the defendant had applied for opening an account to obtain a credit card with a bank.
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The person submitted an ID card with his photo glued on it and a salary transfer certificate issued by a medical institution signifying that he was working as a doctor in it. (AW)
