Abu Dhabi, June 5 (IANS/WAM) An Iranian and a US citizen of Iranian-origin were arrested in Abu Dhabi for illegally transferring $14.4 billion from Germany through the UAE Central bank.

The suspects, identified only as E.H.K, 49, and Iranian and N.A.B, 47, an American of Iranian descent, transferred the money from Germany in the name of a fake company, said Col. Hammad Ahmed Al Hammadi, director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Both the men entered the country with mission visas, the CID said.

–IANS/WAM

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