Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)" |
Sentence: |
2 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.25 |
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Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2009 |
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United Arab Emirates |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
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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Innocence Proved By: |
"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" |
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1977420e-4be9-11de-b827-00144feabdc0.html |
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"Dubai former minister not found guilty of fraud, Top News Arab Emirates, May 30, 2009" |
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http://www.topnews.ae/content/2189-dubai-former-minister-not-found-guilty-fraud |
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