Nigerian man arrested for using fake ID to collect money from money exchange office in Dubai

A man who used another man's ID to collect AED20,000 from a money exchange office in Dubai has been jailed.

The 25-year-old Nigerian man collected the sum in another man's name - but the plot thickens. The sum of money had allegedly been conned from an Indian woman between February and May, according to the Khaleej Times.
At the time, the 47-year-old woman reported to Dubai Police five man had duped her into writing cheques to a value of AED550,000. The money was reportedly sent in ten separate transactions to different accounts. The man was reportedly paid between AED50 and AED60 to retrieve the cash And his accessing the cash lead Dubai Police to solve the case.
The man who received the money claimed he was paid to collect the cash at different times from money exchange offices and that he was paid between AED50 and AED60 each time. The court sentenced him to six months jail, he will be deported following completion of the sentence.