Band forging president’s signature arrested [Archives:2005/885/Local News]

Hassan Al-Zaidi
AMRAN-Yem.Oct.11- Security sources in Amran say they have apprehended a group of criminals who forged the presidents signature.

During their recent car registering campaign, the customs authorities in Hamdan, said that there are forged president's signatures of car customs exemptions. This was in spite of the fact that the President stopped all exemptions, even for security personell.

Three years ago the security authorities caught a band that used to forge signatures, by which the gang received a large amount of money and cars from the ministry of finance. They were assisted in this by an official in the ministry of finance. The band confessed that it had issued directions for appointing a number of officials as executive managers.

Forgers crossed Yemeni boarders abroad. A professional Yemeni forger serving a prison term had forged an Omani check and received 700 thousand Omni Rials. He was discovered when he entered Yemen.

Forgers have also forged car plates and arm carrying permits from the ministry of interior. Investigations revealed that these arm permits were used in attacking American USS Cole in Aden in October 2000.
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