Abdulrahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Jeddah police arrested a Yemeni national with forged documents, which he used to impersonate a compatriot. The forger was caught following complaints by the victimized Yemeni. The man had forged the driving license and the residency permit (iqama) of his compatriot with the aim of using them for illegal activities. He is being investigated. The forger was arrested after the other Yemeni lodged a complaint with the police that an impersonator had rented a Hyundai car under his name. He also said in the complaint that repeated traffic violations were being registered under his name despite him not being in the area where the violation occurred, and mobile phone chips were also being obtained under his name. The complainant said the impersonator had caused him grievous pecuniary harm due to the repeated traffic tickets. He also stated that he had recently discovered there was an increase in the number of mobile phone chips under his name, and fearing additional problems, lodged the complaint and demanded a quick arrest of the culprit. He said the traffic violations committed under his name by someone and the discovery of mobile chips that he had not subscribed to led to him registering the complaint at the Al-Balad police station. He provided proofs of his whereabouts when traffic violations were registered against him. Police swiftly looked into the matter, and an investigation revealed that all the violations were being committed by a person holding the same computer number as the victim and by one car. The police, with great efforts, tracked the car down and the man driving it was arrested. The papers he was carrying including his iqama and driving license were all forged. First Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq, spokesman for Jeddah police, said a Yemeni national in his 20s has been arrested. A forged driving license and iqama were found in his possession. They were forged under the name of the complainant and carried the pictures of the forger. On questioning, the arrested man admitted forging the complainant's iqama and using it to rent the car and obtaining mobile phone chips from STC, which he later sold at a premium.
