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CASE 073  |  Undisclosed  |  December ?, 2020  |  UAE
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  73
  date                December ?, 2020
  original_date       December ?, 2020
  year                2020
  month               12
  quarter             2020-Q4
  victim              Undisclosed
  location            Dubai, UAE
  country             UAE
  scenario            Dodged Attack
  description         4 Ukrainian men attack Bitcoin buyer with deodorant. Victims scream for help, attackers flee.
  kidnappings         0
  violence_torture    1
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             1
  theft               0
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        Dh500,000 
  coin_type           Cash
  reports             GulfNews, Gulf today
  notes               failed attempt - the victims screamed for help after they were ambushed while waiting for a p2p trade seller to appear
  has_processed_date  0
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** Undisclosed
  
  **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
  
  **Attack Method:** Dodged Attack
  
  **Violence Used:** Physical violence
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** Dh500,000  in Cash
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/attempt-to-rob-dh500000-foiled-in-dubai-gang-of-four-members-arrested-1.76204045

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 74: identical source URL plus corroborating article text, approved

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   GulfNews, Gulf today
  URL      https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/attempt-to-rob-dh500000-foiled-in-dubai-gang-of-four-members-arrested-1.76204045
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 74, column "Articles"
  Length   1,572 chars
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Attempt to rob Dh500,000 foiled in Dubai, gang of four members arrested
Defendants attacked bitcoin buyer and his friends and sprayed deodorants on their faces
  
Robbers in Dubai tried to snatch Dh500,000 in cash from an investor who wanted to buy bitcoins. Picture for illustrative purposes only.
Image Credit: Gulf News Archives
Dubai: A group of four Dubai-based expatriates has been accused of attempted robbery of Dh500,000 from an investor in a fraudulent bitcoin transaction.
According to the Dubai Court of First Instance, the four Ukrainian defendants aged between 28 and 34 years, broke into an office in the Al Barsha area of Dubai and tried to steal the cryptocurrency after attacking the investor and two of his friends.
A 33-year-old Egyptian witness, who was told by the investor and another person to join them in buying the cryptocurrency, said that he went to the office carrying Dh500,000 in cash in a bag. “A man told us to wait until the arrival of the bitcoin seller. As they were getting late, the victim told the man that they would leave, when the door opened and the four Ukrainian suspects came in, attacked the victim and tried to steal the money,” said the Egyptian witness.
The four defendants physically assaulted the victims and sprayed a deodorant directly on to the victims’ faces.
“As the victim raised an alarm, screaming ‘thieves ... thieves’ the attackers couldn’t steal the money and they escaped from the spot,” added the Egyptian witness.
Dubai Police have arrested all the four defendants who were charged with attempted robbery.

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ARTICLE 2
  Source   GulfNews, Gulf today
  URL      (no URL recorded for this column)
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 74, column "Article 2"
  Length   1,219 chars
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European gang attempts to rob Dhs500,000 from three Arabs
The Dubai Public Prosecution arrested and referred a four-member European gang of to the criminal court for attempting to rob three Arabs of Dhs500,000 during a bitcoin exchange deal in Dubai.

The incident dates back to August 2019.

One of the victims filed a report against the four defendants, claiming that they attempted to rob his money during his visit to an office, which was trading in bitcoin.

The victim testified that he was in the company of two of his friends, with a bag of Dhs500,000, to buy bitcoin with a value less than the market.

The victims were asked to wait for the office to open. The Arabs were suddenly interrupted by the Europeans.

The four of them assaulted the victims and tried to take away the bag of money, but luckily, the victims were screaming loudly and one of them had used his body deodorant to spray on the robbers’ faces.

The defendants got scared and left the scene before being able to rob the Arabs of Dhs500,000. Police identified the defendants and successfully apprehended each one of them.

The defendants confessed to being engaged in a fight with the victims, but with no intention of stealing their money.

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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)

Attempt to rob Dh500,000 foiled in Dubai, gang of four members arrested

Defendants attacked bitcoin buyer and his friends and sprayed deodorants on their faces

Robbers in Dubai tried to snatch Dh500,000 in cash from an investor who wanted to buy bitcoins. Picture for illustrative purposes only.Gulf News Archives

Dubai: A group of four Dubai-based expatriates has been accused of attempted robbery of Dh500,000 from an investor in a fraudulent bitcoin transaction.

According to the Dubai Court of First Instance, the four Ukrainian defendants aged between 28 and 34 years, broke into an office in the Al Barsha area of Dubai and tried to steal the cryptocurrency after attacking the investor and two of his friends.

A 33-year-old Egyptian witness, who was told by the investor and another person to join them in buying the cryptocurrency, said that he went to the office carrying Dh500,000 in cash in a bag. “A man told us to wait until the arrival of the bitcoin seller. As they were getting late, the victim told the man that they would leave, when the door opened and the four Ukrainian suspects came in, attacked the victim and tried to steal the money,” said the Egyptian witness.

The four defendants physically assaulted the victims and sprayed a deodorant directly on to the victims’ faces.

“As the victim raised an alarm, screaming ‘thieves ... thieves’ the attackers couldn’t steal the money and they escaped from the spot,” added the Egyptian witness.

Dubai Police have arrested all the four defendants who were charged with attempted robbery.

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The next hearing is scheduled for January 11.

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