A former government minister was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison after being convicted of betrayal of trust and unlawfully taking possession of money and property.
Authorities relieved the defendant from his Cabinet post as soon as his case was referred to court, lifting his immunity from prosecution.
Two of three co-defendants were similarly sentenced and will be deported after serving their time because they are not UAE nationals. The fourth defendant was acquitted. The Dubai Misdemeanours Court of First Instance agreed that the defendant, who had been a minister of state without portfolio, had deceptively persuaded a woman, identified as MJ, to sign over control of her late brother’s information-technology company in 2005.
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