Al Fajer Properties-500 Investors Sign Petition Seeking Dubai Ruler’s Intervention in Dispute with Dubai Developer
Posted by 7starsdubai on June 22, 2009
Al Fajer Properties DUBAI, United Arab Emirates June 2009
Ebony Ivory Investors Group, 500 international property buyers and investors, have signed a petition requesting Dubai’s Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) and the Dubai Ruler’s Court to investigate the Jumeirah Lakes Towers Ebony Ivory Towers project, involving Al Fajer Properties and its marketing agent Dynasty Zarooni
The petitioners have asked RERA to cancel the Ebony Ivory project and require Al Fajer Properties to provide a full refund, alleging legal violations by the developer, including fake construction photographs and misleading press releases.
“We have paid approximately $140 million and have a signed contract from Sheikh Maktoum Bin Hasher Al Maktoum,” said Moses Oye, spokesperson for the affected investors from the US, Canada, UK, Russia, India, Iran, Pakistan and other nations. “Now, we want our money back.”
The investor group said it is essential for RERA to conduct a comprehensive and transparent investigation to resolve the matter quickly because of the potential damage it may cause to overall investor confidence in Dubai. “We understand that Al Fajer Properties is controlled by a powerful member of Dubai’s ruling family,” added Oye. “However, if our complaints are not treated as per the rule of law, that will damage the reputation of the Dubai government, which we believe has always stood for transparency, accountability and implementation of the rule of law for all.”
Advertisement June 2008 with false construction status
In its complaint, the investor group cited advertisements in a local daily newspaper published in July, 2008 that show construction cranes with Al Fajer Properties logo and a structure rising six floors above ground. The caption read: “Shot on location on 10th June 2008, Ebony Ivory, Jumeirah Lakes Towers.
However, independent media reports have confirmed that the photographs actually showed Al Fajer’s other project, Jumeirah Business Centre Towers.
In reality, the site for Ebony Ivory Towers is merely a hole on the ground with no workers or machinery on site.
The investor group has sought for an explanation from Al Fajer Properties and has raised the issue with RERA on a number of occasions, without receiving a response for the past six months.
Now the investor group is ready to seek further legal action against Al Fajer Properties and Dynasty Zarooni.
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Contacts
For Ebony Ivory Investors Group:
Moses Oye, +447956289390
Fax: +442084590202
ebonyivoryinvestorsgroup@yahoo.com
German Version:
500 internationale Immobilienkäufer und Investoren, die der Ebony Ivory Investors Group angehören, haben eine Petition unterzeichnet, in der sie Dubais Immobilienaufsichtsbehörde (RERA) und den Dubai Ruler’s Court auffordern, das Ebony Ivory-Towers-Projekt ( Juemirah Business Centre Phase 2) von Al Fajer Proeprties zu untersuchen.
Die Unterzeichner werfen dem Bauträger Al Fajer Properties Rechtsverstöße wie falsche Baufotos und irreführende Pressemitteilungen vor und fordern die RERA auf, das Ebony Ivory-Projekt aufzulösen und Al Fajer Properties zur vollständigen Rückerstattung zu verpflichten.
„Wir haben ca. 140 Mio. US-Dollar bezahlt und haben einen Vertrag, der von Scheich Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum unterzeichnet ist”, sagte Moses Oye, der Sprecher der betroffenen Investoren aus den USA, Kanada, Großbritannien, Russland, Indien, Iran, Pakistan und anderen Ländern. „Nun wollen wir unser Geld zurück.”
Der Investorengruppe zufolge ist eine umfassende und transparente Untersuchung durch die RERA unverzichtbar, um die Angelegenheit schnell zu aufzuklären und den potenziellen Schaden, den sie dem Investorenvertrauen in Dubai insgesamt zufügen könnte, abzuwenden. „Nach unserer Kenntnis wird Al Fajer Properties von einem einflussreichen Mitglied der Herrscherfamilie von Dubai kontrolliert”, erklärte Herr Oye weiter. „Sollten unsere Vorwürfe jedoch nicht dem Gesetz entsprechend behandelt werden, würde dies den Ruf der Regierung von Dubai schädigen, die nach unserem Ermessen immer für Transparenz, Rechenschaft und die gleiche Anwendung des Gesetzes für alle eingetreten ist.”
In ihrer Beschwerde führt die Investorengruppe Anzeigen an, die im Juli 2008 in einer einheimischen Tageszeitung erschienen sind. Auf diesen waren Kräne mit dem Logo von Al Fajer Properties zu sehen sowie ein Bau mit sechs Stockwerken. Unter dem Bild stand: „Aufgenommen vor Ort am 10. Juni 2008, Ebony Ivory ( Juemirah Business Towers 7 bis 9), Jumeirah Lakes Towers.”
Unabhängige Presseberichte bestätigten jedoch, dass auf den Fotos in Wirklichkeit ein von Al Fajer Properties anderes Projekt zu sehen war, die Jumeirah Business Centre Towers 1 bis 5. Tatsächlich handelt es sich bei der Baustelle von Ebony Ivory Towers lediglich um eine Baugrube ohne anwesende Gerätschaften oder Arbeiter. Die Investorengruppe verlangte eine Erklärung von Al Fajer Properties und machte die RERA wiederholt auf die Angelegenheit aufmerksam, hat aber im Laufe der vergangenen sechs Monate keine Antwort erhalten. Nun sind die Investoren zu weiteren rechtlichen Schritte gegen Al Fajer Properties und Dynasty Zarooni bereit.
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Monday, June 8, 2009
Iranian’s lawsuit reveals royals’ power in UAE
ABU DHABI — A member of the royal family in the United Arab Emirates has for the first time been sued by an Iranian executive on charges of fraud.
Shahram Abdullah Zadeh has sued the brother-in-law of the emir of Dubai in an unprecedented civil action in the UAE. The 37-year-old Iranian national has accused the brother-in-law, Hasher Maktoum Bin Juma’a Al Maktoum, of trying to take over Zadeh’s real estate firm.
“He thought he could do it all because he’s a sheik,” Zadeh said.
The suit has challenged the transparency of the justice system of Dubai, which requires foreign investors to take on a UAE partner. Zadeh said he reverted to a civil action when prosecutors refused to file criminal charges against Hasher.
Zadeh, a life-long resident of Dubai, said he selected Hasher as the required UAE partner in Al Fajer Properties, established in 2004 and now worth $2 billion. Zadeh said he and Hasher fell into a dispute amid delays in building a billion-dollar office tower.
The economic downturn in the UAE has harmed a range of partnerships with foreign investors. In Dubai, the commercial capital, police have detained nearly 20 executives on suspicion of fraud. None of the detainees was connected to the ruling Al Maktoum family.
“There is no room for corruption and the corrupt,” Dubai ruler Mohammed Al Maktoum said. “In all corruption cases, people are not only prosecuted and punished, administrative and legal holes that they exploited to commit their crimes are plugged. No one in the emirates is above the law and accountability.”
Zadeh said Hasher, who ignored two summonses, exploited his connections to the ruling family to have the Iranian arrested. In February 2008, Zadeh was imprisoned for 60 days and pressed to renounce links to Al Fajer.
As Zadeh languished in prison, Hasher was said to have taken over Al Fajer and appointed his son chief executive officer. By the time, he was released, Zadeh found that his office safe was ransacked and cleansed of any documents that linked him to the company.
At one point, Zadeh appealed to Dubai’s emir. He said the emir did not respond to the complaint against his brother-in-law.
“We understand that Al Fajer Properties is controlled by a powerful member of Dubai’s ruling family,” Moses Oye, who represents investors in another Al Fajer project, said.
Still, Al Fajer continues to operate. On April 15, Al Fajer and the Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency announced the first transfer of property using a new official online system. Hasher’s son, Maktoum, was identified as president of Al Fajer. Zadeh was not mentioned.
Foreign investors have demanded an investigation of another Al Fajer project, Ebony Ivory. The investors, alleging fraud, have called on the Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency to force Al Fajer to issue a refund.
“We have paid approximately $140 million and have a signed contract from Sheik Maktoum Bin Hasher Al Maktoum,” Oye, who represents investors from Britain, Canada, India, Iran, Pakistan and the United States, said. “Now, we want our money back.”