An Emirati Woman Has Been Jailed For Not Paying Mobile Phone Bills Of AED 53,000

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A 29 year unemployed old Emirati lady has been jailed used her friends Emirates ID to set up 10 contracts with Etisalat and made calls up to AED 53,000 over a year without paying for them. This happened in 2013 and she has been sentenced to one year in jail. There is an opportunity to appeal the ruling within 13 days. 

‘After she didn’t cancel the numbers, I told the police’

“One day she told me that she had a billing problem with Etisalat and asked me to lend her my ID to transfer her mobile number to my name … and I did so based on trust. Afterwards, I received five different bills from Etisalat for unknown numbers. I visited one of the service centres where I was told that eight mobile phones and SIM cards had been purchased in my name. I told the employee that I did not purchase those products. When I confronted the defendant, she claimed that it was her sister who did so. I asked her to cancel those numbers, and when she was late in doing so, I complained to the police,”

Her friend told the court

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