Khaberni - The Amman Criminal Court convicted two defendants, one in his forties and the other in her twenties, of forgery in official documents after proving their involvement in forging a bachelor's degree in nursing attributed to an official university.
Convictions and Sentences Issued
The court held a public session chaired by Judge Ahoud Al-Majali with Judge Badr Abi Dalu as a member, where the defendants were convicted.
The forty-year-old defendant was convicted of the felony of forgery in official documents repeated five times, and the misdemeanors of imitating a public administration seal, and producing a false certification five times. He was sentenced to three years of hard labor.
The twenty-year-old female defendant was convicted of the felony of complicity in forgery in official documents, and she was sentenced to one year in prison and fees. Regarding financial expenses, the court ruled that the defendants equally cover the administrative and financial expenses incurred by the treasury.
Case Details
According to the court's decision, which is subject to appeal, the male defendant met the female defendant while she was working as a secretary in a clinic. During that period, he offered her the opportunity to forge a university degree in her name for the purpose of traveling and working abroad.
The female defendant agreed and provided him with a copy of her personal ID to verify the information on the forged diploma.
The male defendant proceeded to forge a bachelor's degree in nursing with a very good grade for the academic year 2019/2020, stamping it with counterfeit seals that outwardly appeared to be from the university, authenticated in both Arabic and English.
The male defendant's actions did not stop at the university degree. He also fabricated a training diploma attributed to a university consulting and training center, a professional nursing practice certificate outwardly from the nurses' union, another training diploma from a private hospital, and a union membership card for the female defendant in the nurses' union.
Technical expertise confirmed that all these papers and certificates were completely forged and fabricated using color photocopier technologies, which led to the arrest of the defendants and the formation of the case.
