Gang busted for defrauding Emirates Airline

Hotelier Middle East Staff, October 4th, 2011

A gang have been busted for using stolen credit card details to buy Emirates Airline tickets worth more than US $35,000.

Gulf News reported that the gang of five men from Pakistan, aged between 22 and 47, has appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance accused of using credit card details belonging to Australian and American citizens to make 43 bookings via the Emirates call centre amounting to US $35,392 (AED 130,000).

The gang allegedly used the credit card details to book tickets for journeys from Dubai to Karachi.

The men deny the charges.