UAE: Man caught selling forged education certificate; jailed

Ajman - The police also recovered forged seals and logos of different educational institutions from him.

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Afkar Ali Ahmed

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(Reuters file photo used for illustrative purpose)
(Reuters file photo used for illustrative purpose)

Published: Sun 7 Mar 2021, 11:34 AM

A 33-year-old Asian man was slapped with a three-year jail sentence, followed by deportation, after an Ajman court found him guilty of forging official documents.

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According to the Ajman Police’s investigation, he was ambushed and caught red-handed while handing over a forged high school diploma for Dh1,500.

The defendant’s vehicle was then searched, revealing a printer and a laptop that was connected to his car’s battery. Various samples of official seals and logos for different Arab educational institutions were found on the laptop, which were then confiscated.


The ambush had been set up after an anonymous source informed the police of the man’s involvement in the crimes.

The man confessed to his crimes during the subsequent interrogation and admitted that all the items seized belonged to him.


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