Provisions for credit card offenses in UAE law

Abstract

This study deals with the subject of the provisions of credit card crimes in UAE law by reviewing the types of credit cards, indicating their types, and analyzing the legal texts to protect them. The problem of study was the multiple types of crimes on credit cards, The study seeks to clarify the reality of credit card crimes in the UAE and to find out the legislations issued on them. The researcher adopted the method of analytical description as a method of study through the analysis of texts Legal decree issued Federal Law No. (5) for the year 2012 on combating information technology crimes; as well as the provisions of the Supreme Judicial and principles relevant. The study concluded with a series of results, the most prominent of which was that the UAE was keeping abreast of the technological, information, economic and social changes that led to the emergence of credit card crimes on a global scale and their prevalence in many countries of the world and predict their damages and risks. The study ended with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is the necessity of periodic and continuous review by the legislator in the UAE of the criminal policy used in combating crimes. Credit cards, and taking into account proportionality between the gravity of the damage and the amount of penalty.