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Khalifa Bakheet al-Falasi - Co-defendant One

Years Imprisoned:	0.25
Charge:	Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, etc.)
Sentence:	2 years
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2009
Location of Trial:	United Arab Emirates
Result:	Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal)
Summary of Case:	One of three co-defendants wrongly convicted in February 2009 of embezzling assets from his business partner in a software company. His partner was the woman who took over the interest in the company of her brother, after he died. Khalifa Bakheet al-Falasi, was removed from his post as the United Arab Emirates' Minister of State when he was criminally charged in 2008. al-Falasi and his two co-defendants, who also worked with the software company, were sentenced in April 2009 to two years in prison. On May 28, 2009 Dubai's appeals court acquitted al-Falaski and his two co-defendants.
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Information Source 1:	Dubai former minister is acquitted of fraud, By By Simeon Kerr (Dubai correspondent), Financial Times (London), May 29, 2009
Information Location 1:	http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1977420e-4be9-11de-b827-00144feabdc0.html
Information Source 2:	Dubai former minister not found guilty of fraud, Top News Arab Emirates, May 30, 2009
Information Location 2:	http://www.topnews.ae/content/2189-dubai-former-minister-not-found-guilty-fraud
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