A former UAE minister of state, already jailed for unlawfully taking control of a company belonging to his late Lebanese business partner, pleaded not guilty in an appeal court yesterday to deception and fraud.
The minister, KF, was sentenced in February by the Dubai Misdemeanours Court to two years in prison after he was found guilty of unlawfully taking possession of the IT company belonging to his former business partner, HJ. KF’s defence lawyers told the Dubai Misdemeanours Appeal Court yesterday that he does, in fact own a 51 percent stake in the company, that he was more than simply a sponsor for the trade licence and that he did not cheat his business partner’s family, as prosecutors have claimed.
The defence also raised doubts about a 1996 document, signed by the former minister and his business partner, which was presented to the court by HJ’s sister, MJ, the civil claimant in the case. MJ claims the document shows that KF was her brother’s local sponsor and had no stake in the company.
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