A woman loses her money through a “fake investment” in “communication programs”

The Al Ain Court of First Instance ruled to oblige two young men to pay a woman an amount of 80,000 dirhams, after it was proven that they were involved and helped another person abroad in the process of defrauding the plaintiff and seizing her money under the pretext of investing it in social media programs.

In detail, a woman filed a lawsuit against two young men, in which she demanded that they be obligated to pay an amount of 71 thousand dirhams, compensation in the amount of 15 thousand dirhams, and a late interest of 12% from the date of filing the lawsuit, in addition to fees and expenses, noting that a person contacted her from an external number and offered She had an investment opportunity by entering a group of social media programs, and she transferred sums of money to the defendants’ account estimated at 71 thousand dirhams in exchange for that investment, and after receiving the investigation report. It turned out to be a fraud run by outsiders, and the two defendants were convicted under a criminal ruling.

For its part, the court explained that what is established in the criminal ruling is that the defendants were convicted of the charge of obtaining sums from the victim in circumstances that lead to the belief that their source was illegal, and thus this criminal judiciary has decided on the common basis between the two civil and criminal lawsuits at hand, and in The legal description of it and its attribution to its perpetrator.

The court indicated that the plaintiff had stated in her statement of claim that the defendants had not returned the amount obtained to date, estimated at 71 thousand dirhams, and the defendants did not submit a release of their liability from the claimed amount despite their appearance before the case management office. Therefore, it is established for the court that their liability The defendants are still busy with the plaintiff for the amount claimed.

Regarding the request for compensation by obligating the defendants to pay the plaintiff 15 thousand dirhams as compensation to compensate for the damage, the court indicated that according to the provisions of the Civil Transactions Law, every harm to another obliges the perpetrator, even if he is not distinguished, to guarantee the damage, and the defendants’ mistake was proven, and it resulted in material and moral damage. It represents the plaintiff not benefiting from the seized amount and her feeling of psychological pain that she suffered as a result of the defendants’ actions, and there was a causal relationship between the error and the damage. The defendants are legally obligated to compensate her for that damage, and the court estimates the compensation for the damages owed to her at an amount of 9,000 dirhams as compensation for all the damages she suffered. The court ruled to oblige the defendants to pay the plaintiff an amount of 80 thousand dirhams according to the reasons stated, and obligated them to pay the expenses and fees of the lawsuit. All other requests were rejected.

• Al Ain Court of First Instance obligated the two young men to return 80,000 dirhams to the plaintiff after it was proven that they were involved with the third person in the fraud.