Q: I need your assistance, please. I believe that the Central Bank of the UAE may freeze the bank account of a terminated employee. We have a client in the UAE and need to know what the employer’s obligation is to inform the bank when an employee’s contract is being terminated. Is there a specific format that must be used to inform the bank or what is expected of the employer?

Q: Greetings, My husband passed away due to Covid-19 recently, Resident of Dubai since 1990. I am resident as well with a son (Adult, Unmarried, Ex-Resident) and daughter (19, Active Resident). Under husband's sponsorship. My husband had a bank account, Car and LLC partnership. The bank account is frozen, we are out of funds as the money is in the bank account and we can't sell the car currently as it is under my husband's name. What is the procedure for me to get everything released? How long does it take and what are the related costs of Court? We have Dubai visas. Son is here on a tourist visa. What's the relaxation from the courts for Covid-19 affectees? Partner of the company is a sleeping partner, not giving us anything while having company capital in his own pocket and company on loss, high payables and no receivables. Will the company affect us or my deceased husband's personal account and would there be a claim over his personal account? I can't get POA from Pakistan. MOFA requires a Succession Certificate issued from Pakistan courts which takes 3-4 months, headache, costly. Regards

Q: Dear sir/madam, It is related to cryptocurrency. On 26th Jan 2022, I made a deal on Binance exchange for selling crypto tokens worth AED 100.000 to a person (buyer). Accordingly, I received the money and the crypto tokens were released. But the money I received was from her sister's account as the buyer told me. I asked for the Emirates ID of both persons and released the cryptocurrency to the buyer in a good faith. On 31st Jan 2022, I came to know that the party (her sister) who had transferred money to my bank had become a victim of e-commerce fraud, and her account was hacked by a Binance buyer who has transferred money to me on the pretext of other bank account holder. My bank account has been frozen upon complaint from the other party whose bank details were compromised and I am having a travel ban currently. I also registered an e-crime complaint on 1st Feb 2022. Please get in touch if you can assist in removing the travel ban.

Q: Hi, My salary account is frozen, but I've already paid all my pending money to the court. However, my account is still frozen. What should I do? I have applied for an NOC.

Q: I had a misdemeanor case against another accused whom I don't know. The first video call court hearing was on 23 Oct, and the first accused came with his lawyer but I couldn't afford a lawyer. During the hearing, it was very difficult for me to make the judge understand I was not guilty as I don't speak Arabic and the translator also couldn't help that much, since the case is related to crypto buy & sell. Seems they don't understand it properly. So after the first hearing, I checked what the case status was showing. It was decided to postpone the session to 11/06/2024 to submit a defense memorandum for the first accused (the other accused) with the arrest and bringing of the accused. Now they issued arrest warrants against both of us. I am so scared now, please someone guide me on what I can do now. Is there any chance to hire a lawyer now? What is going to happen at the next hearing? Will the police arrest me and take me to the court on the next hearing which is on 6 November?

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, The Dubai Court has frozen my bank account because I was late on an alimony payment. The money was automatically deducted from my salary this month. Will the court automatically unfreeze the account once this is done, or will I need to petition the court to issue an order to unfreeze it?

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.

The law defines the crimes related to money laundering, commitments and the jurisdictions of the governmental authorities, and the sanctions against perpetrators of money laundering.