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: I invested money in a trading company and the CEO has refused to pay me back with interest for 3 months now and my investment contracts end today. Please, what can I do? I can go to the police station to file a complaint. I need your legal advice, please.

Q: Hello Sir, Subj: First Islamic CryptoCurrency (FICS) An investment company called [------] based in RAK started receiving investments in FICS in the year 2019. In March 2019 I had invested AED 50,000 (the value of one Crypto token is USD 0.10) and they offered an initial bonus of 30% for the total investments as well. After one year of the investment, they informed me that all my total investment is shifted to [S] account. After some time, they informed me that [S] has tied up with the [----] platform and we can start very soon the trading. Unfortunately, no trading has been started yet, also I am unable to contact anyone in this company [A] or [S]. Kindly advise how can I get my money back, should I file a criminal case against it? Do you think this is a fraud? Looking forward to your kind reply. K. M.

Q: Dear Lawyers, I need to conduct due diligence on a company based in Dubai for a large financial transaction. What is the correct way to go about it? Thank you in advance!

The introduction of the Doctrine in the UAE brings the UAE in line with other jurisdictions that have recently issued economic substance legislation and affirms the UAE’s commitment to addressing concerns around the shifting of profits derived from certain mobile business activities to “no or nominal tax jurisdictions” without corresponding local economic activities.

There are always conditions where people may fail to provide sufficient documents of a certain business or project they are willing to engage in, so they tend to commit an act of forgery with their documents to meet the requirements. But this act is a crime and it has consequences in law which we will try to cover in this article.

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.