Dr Youssef Al Sharif, advocate and legal counsel, said it is known that the Covid-19 test results for UAE residents are recorded in the Al Hosn app.
However, some residents may be tempted to forge these results because they don’t want to conduct regular tests as per government requirements or to avoid paying for these tests to save money, which is very risky because they will be caught and charged by authorities, he said.
“Some people try to play or circumvent these testing procedures, including falsify the result on their old negative PCR test certificate by changing the old dates and put new ones so they can show them to security officials to access restricted places that require a negative PCR test to enter,” Al Sharif.
He explained that according to Article (6) of Federal Decree-Law No. (5) of 2012 Concerning Combatting IT Crimes, any person who forges an e-document issued by the federal or local government or federal or local public organisations and authorities, shall be sentenced to temporary imprisonment and face a fine of not less than Dh150,000 and not more than Dh750,000.
Source: khaleejtimes
