The Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday sentenced a Dubai-based businessman to two years in jail after a video went viral showing him throwing 50,000 fake euro notes at a group of workers while driving a luxury car.

The 32-year-old Ukrainian businessman claimed that he posted the video on his Instagram page to gain more followers. Dubai Police searched the businessman's house and found $740,000 (Dh2.7 million) and 467,000 euros (Dh2 million) in fake banknotes.

Police said the defendant endangered the workers' lives as they ran after his moving car and could have been hit by other cars. The defendant was eventually arrested at the parking lot of a shopping centre by Dubai Police.

His Instagram account, which has nearly 400,000 followers, showed him living a tycoon's life with expensive cars like a Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari and Lamborghini.

Many pictures and videos in the account show the defendant holding a wad of dollars and euros. "We searched his house and found thousands of fake dollars and euros. He ordered the dollars from China and the euros were bought for Dh1,000 from an Indian man," added the Emirati policeman.

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