Greg Stainer, always entertains us on weekends here in the UAE. There’s no way you WONT like his beats.
Greg Stainer, always entertains us on weekends here in the UAE. There’s no way you WONT like his beats.
Not sure who this is for but good to know they’re doin’ the right thing.
I’m loving the Tumblr mobile app!!
I’m on the road again and got this very interesting piece of news.
A prominent Emirati lawyer, partner and manager of a well-known law firm in Dubai denied committing more than Dh400 million in fraud involving the sale of an English football club, a court heard this morning.
The Dubai Court of Misdemeanours heard that KM, 45, embezzled the money from the former prime minister of Thailand, the businessman TS, through an escrow account set up for them by the law firm in 2008. Court records said the thefts occurred between September 18 and October 27, 2009.
KM, represented by his son and brother, sought bail, but the court turned down their request.
“I am a military justice chief and have a clean record, and by God’s grace it will remain clean,” KM told the court, adding that his firm had been operating for 30 years.
He said that he had kept all the amounts safe and did not take a single dirham.
“I did not breach trust, I honoured that trust,” he said today.
His defence lawyers told the court TS does not have legal standing in the case because he was not the law firm’s original client.
“Our client was UK Sports, not the claimant,” one lawyer said.
According to the charges, KM, the legal representative of TS in a deal to sell Manchester City, embezzled 60 million pounds (Dh355m) from the sale, which netted 150 million pounds deposited into the escrow account.
Prosecutors said KM separately embezzled 15 million euros (Dh77m) from TS after TS asked him to receive a money transfer on his behalf and deposit it in a bank account in Montenegro.
Records show that KM persuaded TS to keep the funds in the law firm’s bank account, then transfered it to his own bank account.
A third charge alleged KM took more than Dh39m from the fund and used it to buy a villa for himself in Emirates Hills. He is accused of spending Dh38m on the home, Dh380,000 for the real estate dealer, Dh620,000 in registration fees, and Dh495,926 as charges for his own law firm.
Prosecutors said all those funds were taken from the 150 million pounds involved in the club sale.
Additionally, he is charged with forging of two unofficial documents, a transfer application and a disclaimer, which he allegedly signed with the names of authorised executives at international firms.
He allegedly used those documents in an attempt to buy a Bombardier Global XRS Aircraft worth US$48 million (Dh176m). He requested the registration of the aircraft under the name of World White Investment Corp, which according to records, he owns.
His lawyers asked the court to assign an expert from the Financial Department at the Dubai Government to study the case.
TS faces charges of fraud in bribery in Thailand, which is seeking his extradition.
The club is owned by the Abu Dhabi United Group, led by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, the UAE Minister of Presidential Affairs. The group bought 90 per cent of Manchester United in 2008 and the remaining 10 per cent in 2009.
The next hearing is scheduled for April 7.
An Emirati Woman in a traditional bedouin setting in the UAE desert. What you see in this picture:
Dalah: The coffee pitcher (a very popular symbol in the country)
Burqa: Face covering viel
Sheila: Head-covering scarf
A’baya: The red colored dress
Arabian Oryx, Abu Dhabi
Two Arabian oryx lock horns in the Abu Dhabi desert. Extinct in the wild since the early 1960s, several herds now live in the emirate thanks to the late H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan, who bred a few captive animals. Their horns can grow to 35 inches (89 centimeters) and are so symmetrical that they can appear to be one horn when viewed from the side, leading some to believe that the animals are the source of the unicorn legend.
I used to pass by place everyday when jogging. Those towers look way better when standing in front of’em.
‘The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi’ as they call it. When construction was done, it was announced that it actually leans further than The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
I went to watch the test runs for the F1 races on the first day followed by Kanye West’s Concert. The races were awesome, meanwhile Kanye’s wasn’t really as entertaining. He didn’t really bother interacting with the fans, I left right after the second song.
