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1. (c) summary and comment: on april 8, dubai public prosecution charged, as the primary defendant, former minster of state for finance and former chairman of dubai islamic bank (dib) NAME_1 with embezzlement of public funds and harming of state interests.  NAME_2, amcit and former ceo of property developer deyaar, was charged with criminal complicity and receiving bribes as the secondary defendant. this case has been under investigation for over a year.  during this time, and despite the linkage of the cases, NAME_3 has been incarcerated while NAME_4 has been under de facto house arrest -- leaving room for speculation on whether a senior emirati would be charged in the scandal and if the dubai government would put real teeth behind public pronouncements of "zero tolerance" for corruption.  the charges against NAME_4 mark a significant step by dubai to demonstrate publicly efforts to reduce corruption and, possibly, increase confidence in the ability of dubai's legal system to cope with illicit activity surfaced by the current financial crisis.  end summary and comment.
2. (c) NAME_4 was charged, along with eleven other individuals, including NAME_3, with financial wrongdoing at deyaar development company prior to april 2008 (ref a).  on april 8, 2009 NAME_3 told consular officers that NAME_4 is charged with embezzling aed 56 million in government funds. NAME_3 is charged with aiding NAME_4, with the accusation that his year-end bonuses and stock options from deyaar are tantamount to payoffs for illicit activity.  the current investigations have also led to a second criminal investigation implicating former deyaar board member NAME_5 in defrauding deyaar of approximately aed 115 million by buying land and re-selling it to the company for a substantial mark-up.  NAME_3 was arrested on march 23, 2008 last year and has been in police custody since; NAME_6 is also in custody, while NAME_4 remains under unofficial "house arrest."
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