for a bounced check in dubai ,the penalty can be years behind bars


	for a bounced check in dubai ,the penalty can be years behind bars

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9-12-2009 1:47 PM

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just signing a check not backed by sufficient funds can lead to court, and jail

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a0820d0c-90e1-44d4-b445-e4b0afeaf2e0/1C63DCE4-DC42-46C6-9350-88EE981AD90D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#"><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0">
For a Bounced Check in Dubai, the Penalty Can Be Years Behind Bars
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Just signing a check not backed by sufficient funds can lead to court, and jail. 
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Troubled developments like Waterfront are signs of Dubai’s economic crisis, which has led to unpaid debt.  
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#"><P>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — For more than a year, prosecutors have been cracking down on the corruption and kickbacks that thrived during the boom years in this Persian Gulf city-state. Dozens of executives have been arrested and charged in a high-profile effort to show that fraud will no longer be tolerated. Investigators say their cases have uncovered $3.58 billion that was stolen or used as bribe money.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#"><P>But alongside the con artists and crooks, a rising number of businesspeople have been sent to jail for going into debt. Bouncing a check is a criminal offense here. That fact has begun raising questions about the fairness of <A title="More news and information about Dubai." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/unitedarabemirates/dubai/index.html?inline=nyt-geo">Dubai</A>’s laws, especially among the foreigners who make up about 90 percent of the population. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1C63DCE4-DC42-46C6-9350-88EE981AD90D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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