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Two women and a man has been ordered to repay a woman they defrauded. The trio stole Dh1.4 million from the victim by claiming to have found a man who would marry her. According to court documents, the foreigner sued the three defendants for robbing her of Dh1.4 million. She said that two women had contacted her on behalf of a man residing in Abu Dhabi. The accused created an identity of a man that they linked to the plaintiff. They then used the false identity to communicate with her and assure her of the marriage. The victim claimed that the accused then asked her for money to plan the Abu Dhabi wedding. The victim then wired the money to the defendants' friends. She later discovered that she had been conned. The police detained the suspects after the woman filed a complaint. The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court had earlier sentenced the three defendants to three months in jail and ordered the first defendant, the man, to be deported from the country after serving his jail sentence. The woman then filed a civil lawsuit against the three defendants. After hearing from all parties, the Abu Dhabi Family and Civil Administrative Cases Court ordered the three to pay Dh1.4 million and Dh20,000 in damages to the woman. The accused were also ordered to cover her legal fees. BKM/ Expat Media
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