Court upholds jail term for woman in fake job scam

The Dubai Court of Appeal has upheld the original ruling that saw an Asian woman sentenced to one month in prison and fined Dhs3,000.

- Mohammed Yaseen, Staff Reporter

She was found guilty of conspiring with a man of the same nationality to defraud a woman of Dhs10,000 by deceiving her with a fake employment contract in the UAE.

In October last year, an African woman filed a report alleging that she had been defrauded by a fugitive who deceived her into believing that he was a company manager and could secure her a job at his workplace. The complainant explained that the accused had asked her to provide certain documents and Dhs10,000 in exchange for starting the employment process.