================================================================================================ CASE 296 | woman | February ?, 2022 | UAE ================================================================================================ DATABASE RECORD id 296 date February ?, 2022 original_date nan year 2022 month 2 quarter 2022-Q1 victim woman location Dubai, UAE country UAE scenario P2P Trade Gone Wrong description Dubai Court sentences four to jail for robbing woman of Dh300,000 in Bitcoin scam kidnappings 0 violence_torture 0 drugs_alcohol 0 weapons 1 theft 1 life_taken 0 money_wanted Dh342,000 coin_type Cash reports Gulfnews notes not in lopps list. the perpetrators threatened with an axe. has_processed_date 0 created_at 2025-11-14 09:05:23 AI SUMMARY [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.] **Victims:** A woman in Dubai, UAE, who wanted to buy Bitcoin for Dh300,000 and went to meet the seller with two friends. **Attackers:** A gang of four — two men who carried out the robbery with an axe and two others who kept watch; all four were convicted. **Attack Method:** She went to Al Nahda to meet the supposed seller; while the group waited, two men approached carrying an axe, threatened to harm them, and seized the bag of money and other valuables, then escaped by car. **Violence Used:** They were threatened with an axe; no injuries were reported. **Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** No Bitcoin changed hands; the robbers took a bag holding Dh300,000 in cash plus other valuables. **Status:** A passer-by heard the women's cries and noted the getaway car's plate; Dubai Police arrested a suspect the women identified, and he led officers to the others. The four were charged with robbery, sentenced to one year in jail followed by deportation, and fined Dh342,188, with the verdict open to appeal within 15 days. LINKED SOURCES [url] https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/dubai-court-sentences-four-to-jail-for-robbing-woman-of-dh300000-in-bitcoin-scam-1.85729037 NOTES ON THIS FILE * matched to sheet row 120: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTICLE 1 Source Gulfnews URL https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/dubai-court-sentences-four-to-jail-for-robbing-woman-of-dh300000-in-bitcoin-scam-1.85729037 Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 120, column "Articles" Length 1,524 chars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dubai Court sentences four to jail for robbing woman of Dh300,000 in Bitcoin scam The defendants have also been asked to pay a fine of Dh342,000 Last updated: February 16, 2022 | 10:43 Dubai: The Dubai Court of First Instance has sentenced a gang to one year in jail to be followed by deportation in a Bitcoin scam. According to official records, a woman wanted to buy Bitcoins for Dh300,000. She went to meet the seller at Al Nahda with two friends when two men threatened them with an axe. “We were waiting for the buyer when two men came carrying an axe threatened to harm us. They stole the bag of money and other valuables,” claimed the victim in official records. The other two men were monitoring the area and the gang members escaped the scene. A man heard the women’s yell for help and managed to record the number of the escaping car. Dubai Police caught up with a suspect who was identified by the women and arrested. He claimed that a friend asked to drop him in Al Nahda for a Bitcoin deal. “I dropped them to the place and they went to a parking area between buildings. After two minutes, they returned and asked me to leave quickly. They were carrying bags and a laptop,” said the defendant in records. He guided officers to the defendants’ places. Dubai Public Prosecution has charged the four defendants with robbery. They were sentenced to one year in jail to be followed by deportation. Judges ordered them to pay a fine of Dh342,188. The verdict will be a subject to appeal within 15 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [RAW EXTRACT — NOT YET TRIMMED] !! This is the whole page as extracted. It still contains site furniture, !! and may contain teaser headlines for UNRELATED cases. Trim on read-through. !! Do not quote from it without checking the passage belongs to this case. Source gulfnews.com URL https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/dubai-court-sentences-four-to-jail-for-robbing-woman-of-dh300000-in-bitcoin-scam-1.85729037 Field url Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:44:37+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200) Language unknown Kept paragraphs ALL 20 paragraphs, untrimmed Length 1,693 chars Integrity sha256 5713fd5ab42d7684d259cf43342a1dcaa7f71c18e41fc8622d705b492572faf6 Trimmed NOT TRIMMED. Full page extract; trim on read-through. Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved) Dubai Court sentences four to jail for robbing woman of Dh300,000 in Bitcoin scam The defendants have also been asked to pay a fine of Dh342,000 Dubai: The Dubai Court of First Instance has sentenced a gang to one year in jail to be followed by deportation in a Bitcoin scam. According to official records, a woman wanted to buy Bitcoins for Dh300,000. She went to meet the seller at Al Nahda with two friends when two men threatened them with an axe. “We were waiting for the buyer when two men came carrying an axe threatened to harm us. They stole the bag of money and other valuables,” claimed the victim in official records. The other two men were monitoring the area and the gang members escaped the scene. A man heard the women’s yell for help and managed to record the number of the escaping car. Dubai Police caught up with a suspect who was identified by the women and arrested. He claimed that a friend asked to drop him in Al Nahda for a Bitcoin deal. “I dropped them to the place and they went to a parking area between buildings. After two minutes, they returned and asked me to leave quickly. They were carrying bags and a laptop,” said the defendant in records. He guided officers to the defendants’ places. Dubai Public Prosecution has charged the four defendants with robbery. They were sentenced to one year in jail to be followed by deportation. Judges ordered them to pay a fine of Dh342,188. The verdict will be a subject to appeal within 15 days. Man arrested in Sharjah for killing two sisters Dubai arrests singer over Dh9,000 fake visa scam Man thought he was a cat after taking drugs: Prosecutor Two fined Dh50,000 each over petrol station dispute ================================================================================================ generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 296 ================================================================================================