herve wrote:dubaidog wrote:Herve, if you are listed and freely living in the USA, obviously Interpol doesn't give a rat's I would say. I know your story, etc. Can you clarify for me if #1 you are actually listed by the UAE and #2 if you are living freely? I don't believe you are being pursued in the US, are you?
I smell another book deal!
I live completely freely and openly in the US, I was listed by the UAE, but Interpol follows due process and does not arrest people just because Dubai wants it.
All this mess will come to an end soon, and publicly, as the court day comes close.
As someone who has been in the legal process here for 2 years, I understand where you are coming from. I hope you get your day in a Western court if possible. It is amazing to me that I am in court or appeal. The defendant (my ex-company) has changed their argument 5 (five) times in two years, whereas I have stayed the course. Should it not come to the court's surprise that the company can't keep it straight? My verdict gets rendered Thursday and I plan on going public and defaming them to no end.
The process here is a joke, sadly as you may or may not know. (I think you were tried in abstenia). I know about being the fall guy. The entire court house is like a social gathering place. Very little is official or "by the book". I have supplied so many witnesses that the judge said "that is enough" as they were streaming through the chambers. Even the man that signed the check to the company testified for me and said "DD was working for the company"...he brought in a local publication that featured the work I did for the company, even the original check receipt for the check he issued to the company. The company's response (with no proof).."the witness is lying".
Even with all these facts, I still fear I may lose. My case is a labour one, not criminal (although at the first mediation, they said I stole equipment and took bribes<----story #1. Then realized they couldn't back it and changed to something else). I did not live in the world of Lambos and Palm Villas, but I know what it is like to fight for your name.
Come Friday I may need to borrow your dingy contacts! (Actually make that Saturday, I have a thing Fri. eve)
-- Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:47 am --
herve wrote: There is a big difference between the UAE and the US (and the UK and Europe), one exercices abuse of process, the others: due process.....
Well said. In my case, the Defendants have milked it trying to wear me out so I just leave. It will be 2 years to the date and a fortune in legal fees (for both parties) on the 5th. They really try everything on to "delay the pay" and definitely abuse the process. Games with translations, games with language barriers, you name it. My last hearing in the courthouse, they tried again asking for "more time to review documents"...I said NO WAY! We had witnesses in April, it is now July and still passing documents back and forth (they respond to responses over and over). They said "we need to see this document closer"....I said "it is your document that has been submitted 3 times already"....the judges actually spoke English to me and asked "can you show me" and passed me the file...I leafed thru and showed the judge where it was. He just said "Khalass...finished...no more time". We'll see.