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List of offences: Crimes range from petty to serious

22/3/2011 - A Dubai court sentences a 28-year-old Pakistani driver to five years in jail for posing as a policeman, luring a 27-year-old Bangladeshi housemaid into his minibus and attempting to rape her.

29/1/2011 - Al Ain Police arrests an international gang of 20 Arabs and Asians for posing as police officers and seizing vehicles, including trucks.

1/12/2010 - Dubai prosecutors charge an Emirati with impersonating a prosecutor.

8/11/2010 - A Dubai court sentences two men, an Indian and an Emirati, to three years in jail for posing as policemen, kidnapping a merchant and coercing him to pay them a ransom of Dh300,000.

3/11/2010 - A Bangladeshi worker is sentenced to three months in jail for impersonating a police official and threatening to kill another man and his sponsor.

1/8/2010 - A man who posed as an inspector and collected bribes from shop owners in the capital is sentenced to one year in jail and fined Dh2,000.

2/9/2010 - Two men who posed as CID officials and attempted to rape a 15-year-old boy are charged with homosexual harassment and impersonating CID officials.

10/8/2010 - Three men get jail terms for posing as CID officials and trying to kidnap a woman from her home in an attempt to rape her.

17/6/2010 - Dubai prosecutors charge a a 27-year-old Pakistani technician with impersonating a policeman and trying to kidnap a Canadian man and his 54-year-old Indian driver.

11/12/2009 - Two Arabs who impersonated police officers to commit theft in shops and cafeterias are captured by the Dubai CID.

1/10/2009 - An unemployed Emirati man is arrested for impersonating a CID officer and committing fraud in Dubai.

17/8/2009 - A 26-year-old worker, who did not carry identification documents, is convicted of impersonating a shaikh and swindling a woman out of Dh70,000.

10/8/2009 - An Abu Dhabi court sentences four men to two years in jail followed by deportation on charges of robbery, abduction, provocation, and for impersonating a person in authority.

17/6/2009 - Dubai Public Prosecution charges a 33-year-old Emirati merchant with impersonating a policeman, tricking a 30-year-old Filipina woman and then kidnapping and raping her.

13/5/2009 - A gang of four men which impersonated policemen, grabbed a wallet and cards and then fled the scene is arrested.

19/3/2009 - A man impersonating a policeman is arrested for raping three domestic helpers.

1/2/2009 - A 20-year-old Emirati man is charged with using a gun and knife to rob Dh10,000 from a merchant while impersonating a woman police officer.

11/12/2008 - A gang of four who impersonated police personnel and used swords and knifes to threaten and rob people in Al Satwa is arrested.

09/11/2008 - Dubai Public Prosecution charges two students with posing as policemen, kidnapping two workers, beating them and stealing their money and mobile phones.

29/10/2008 - Three security guards get seven years in jail for impersonating policemen and deceiving, kidnapping and raping two Japanese sisters in a remote desert area.

16/10/2008 - Dubai Police arrest four suspects, three Emiratis and one Pakistani, on charges of impersonating CID personnel, stopping people and taking away their wallets and mobile phones.

25/5/2008 - Three men posing as CID officials try to rob a brothel run by four Indian illegal residents. The incident in Abu Dhabi's Zafran area ends in murder.

12/1/2008 - Dubai Public Prosecution charges an Emirati and an Egyptian man with posing as policemen and robbing a Chinese worker of Dh17,500.

11/12/2007 - The Dubai Court of First Instance convicts two accused, 21-year-old Emirati student, A.J., and 31-year-old M.E., unemployed and with no identification papers, of impersonating police personnel, kidnapping and rape.

11/11/2007 - Four unemployed men are jailed for kidnapping, assaulting and robbing a cleaner of Dh1,200 and stealing two mobile phones at knifepoint after posing as policemen.

09/9/2007 - The Dubai Court of First Instance convicts a 21-year-old Emirati for impersonating a policeman, abducting two Filipinas, and raping and robbing them on different occasions.

11/4/2007 - The Public Prosecution charges an Emirati man with impersonating CID personnel, kidnapping and raping a 23-year-old Russian girl.

22/8/2006 - A young man who donned a Sharjah police uniform and posed as a policeman to steal Dh500 from a victim lands in prison for three months.

19/8/2006 - The Dubai Public Prosecution charges a 25-year-old Azerbaijani saleswoman and her 25-year-old UAE national husband with robbing two Uzbek sisters after impersonating police personnel.

14/5/2006 - Three young Omanis are put on trial for posing as policemen, kidnapping a young woman and gang-raping her in a remote desert area.

9/4/2006 - An Iranian woman, identified as S.S., is sentenced to two months in prison for impersonating a police woman and refusing to pay her bill at a restaurant.

10/3/2006 - Three members of a gang who posed as police personnel and pointed a pistol at an Indian driver's head, assaulted him and stole Dh20 from him were each sentenced to one-year terms.

22/11/2005 - A salesman is jailed for impersonating a CID officer using his ATM card. The 28-year-old Indian salesman, identified as M.M., posed as a CID officer and asked two Bahrainis shopping in Naif area for identification.


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