Two defendants sell two million “black” dollars in wheat and water

Abu Dhabi Police recently foiled the process of promoting two million black dollars before they were circulated on the market among the public, as the two defendants used a new trick, which consisted of coating pieces of paper the size of an American currency with flour mixed with water, and deceived their victims that they would turn into real dollars after removing the paint on them. Trying to sell it for 100 thousand dirhams.

The Director of the Criminal Investigation Department at Abu Dhabi Police, Brigadier Hammad Ahmed Al Hammadi, informed Emirates Today that a fraud and deception against the public had been thwarted, carried out by two Africans suspected of peddling black money by sleight of hand using a “magic mixture,” as they described it. Forensic laboratory analyzes proved that it was Wheat flour is used to prepare baked goods, with drinking water added to it, as it is a chemical.

He added that the suspects, violating the residency law, claimed to be able to convert scraps of paper coated with a black substance into US dollars worth two million dollars, after analyzing them chemically to remove the paint and returning them to their original state, in exchange for paying 100,000 dirhams.

Al Hammadi continued: “After codifying the procedures, the two suspects were arrested after the seller offered his black dollars to the undercover police source assigned to play the role of the buyer.” For his part, the head of the Organized Crime Section in the Criminal Investigations and Investigations Department at the Abu Dhabi Police, Colonel Dr. Rashid Muhammad Burshaid, stated that the investigations It resulted in the presence of two people (B.F. – 39 years old) and (B.S.A. – 31 years old), who came to the country on tourist visas, and did not leave the country after the expiration of their visas. During the permitted days on their visas, they deceive their victims that they are able to sell black dollars in Abu Dhabi, with the aim of defrauding them.

He pointed out that “as soon as the criminal operation was confirmed, the department prepared a security plan, assigning a secret police source to disguise himself as the buyer, and after the defendants reassured him, they concluded an agreement with him, and he was able to go along with them to buy the amount of two million “black” dollars, for 100 thousand dirhams, adding After determining the place and time, they were arrested during the process of selling black pieces of paper the size of a US dollar coin, and the amount of cash (legally numbered) that was seized in their possession was seized. He described this surprising operation after its success as “the fashion of black dollars.” Burshid added that the first suspect confessed during the investigation that he committed this crime because of the financial hardship he was going through, as he learned from one of his citizens the trick of selling black dollars by sleight of hand, and defrauding the victims of fashion, using a mixture of wheat flour and drinking water.

As for his partner, he supported what was stated in the statements of the first accused, acknowledging that he was persuaded to participate in this operation, by tempting him that he would receive a percentage of the money.

Regarding the criminal method followed by the two defendants, the head of the Organized Crime Department at Abu Dhabi Police explained that the accused in such crimes follows a criminal method to convince the buyer to buy the black papers, as he begins by conducting a single experiment to prove the authenticity of the black or white amounts in his possession, as he sprays them with a loaded needle. With a chemical liquid solution, then he wraps the paper currency in tin, and later washes it with water, so that it turns into correct dollars, which are essentially original currency.

Al Hammadi warned community members against falling into the trap of swindlers and fraudsters who claim to be able to multiply and generate money with naive tricks.