Q: Dear Sir/Madam, Is there a path to initiate some sort of investigation by relevant authorities on a company that may have committed fraud by falsifying positive P&l reports in order to obtain loans from a bank? Loans have been used to finance construction projects. The company has in fact been making losses for over six years & directors/owners have used operational cash to finance down payments & repayments, instead of using their own capital. In the process, they owe millions to suppliers and also 100s of thousands to staff/workers as they have been constantly delaying payment of salaries going back 3 years & not paid full salaries to everyone for 9 months. They have been showing/submitting financial reports showing losses as proof/reason for their inability to pay. Is there a way to combat this kind of deception/fraud?

Q: Dear sir,One of my friend promised me to get a job in Dubai and demanded for money and my degree. After arrangement of money I agree to pay 80K and sent my degree through courier.I paid 20000 directly in his Indian IDBI bank account and rest of 60000 by cheque in his same account in the month of march 2016. I have all whatsapp chat conversation and voice message from his Dubai no.Now he has shown his actual face and I came to know that I was traped.Is there any way to recover my amount from them?Thanks and regardMohammed jahangir

Q: Hi, I am in a dispute with someone who has stolen money on a pretence of offering a PRO service. The invoice and crime committed all originate in Dubai. I have told the assailant he needs to pay or I will raise a case against him and he moved to RAK recently where I found out where he lived and told him now I can make a court case. There are 20 other people I know he owes money to also. He reported me to RAK police for harassment and threats even though my only threats were to do a combined court case with 25 other people against him and I told him Dubai police or CID will come for him if I report him. I went to Dubai police station who told me that the whole issue is a Dubai issue and not to worry. What do I do? My number has changed from the one these crooks have so I don't know if RAK police called or not.

Q: I am a victim of financial fraud where a company provided me with a risk-free product where I invested my life-time savings and then, taking advantage of the Covid pandemic, they changed the dynamics of the product and reduced the value of my complete investment to zero. One of the companies was registered in DIFC and DIFC asked me to look at the legal route and contact SEC. I approached SEC who then categorized the company as a violator but didn't provide any legal guidance. I need support to understand my recourse options and recover my hard-earned savings.

Q: What kind of case I need to file against a person which abused my trust, had access to my company chequebook, filled, signed with his own signature and handed over cheques to third parties without having an authorized signature in the bank? To mention that the cheques were issued to replace cheques issued by another company, belonging to the accused party. All the cheques bounced due to a mismatch of signature. Meanwhile, the accused is imprisoned due to other bounced cheques issued from his own company. I'm being sent with complaints from Police to public prosecution and back, while the situation brought me in the position of not affording to pay a lawyer in advance due to accounts blocking and police case cascade against myself, from which in some cases I was already cleared.

Q: A customer ordered goods via a sale-purchase agreement (SPA), in Kenya. The SPA has a refund and arbitration clause to be processed in Kenya. The goods are currently in transit to DXB. The customer wants to cancel the deal and, instead of asking for a refund from the company in Kenya, he has filed a case against me in DXB for the refund. I originally introduced the buyer and seller as a broker. How can I cancel this false case against me? What are the legal implications for me? No money has been exchanged in DXB; the buyer paid in Kenya directly to the seller (invoice/receipt available).

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I was robbed recently in Dubai. The robbers assaulted me. They bound my hands and legs and battered me. They stopped my breathing and asked for the pin codes of my debit/credit cards and forcefully took card details and withdraw cash from my debit and credit cards. After withdrawing the cash/transaction, they left me alive, released me, and ran away. I immediately called the call center and block all the credit/debit cards and visited the police station and registered a complaint against the criminals. The Dubai police caught one of the criminals (out of 6). The case is now with the criminal court. As I was holding credit cards of various banks, robbers utilized the cash limits of all credit cards. Now the banks are chasing me to repay the amounts withdrawn. Please give me a general idea, what do I need to do? Do I need to file a civil case? Further, I don’t have money to pay to the bank and I can never pay to the banks considering that I have not taken that money. Please advise!

The provisions of this Law apply to the commercial companies established in the UAE and the foreign companies that have established in the UAE a base to conduct any activity therein or established a branch or representative office. The Law abrogates Federal Law No. (8) of 1984 Concerning Commercial Companies.

This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.