I have transferred around $17000 to a scam site...

We would like to inform you that if you have encountered an online fraud, you may inform the federal or local authorities concerned with e-security affairs in the country about the incident, attaching  the evidence of this fraud, as it is possible to address the country in which that person who made the fraud against you and that to take legal action against him, in accordance with the provisions of the law of Combatting Cybercrimes in the UAE, which stipulate the following:

Article 12:

Shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine or either of these two penalties whoever gains access, without legal right, to credit or electronic card numbers or data or to bank accounts numbers or data or any other electronic payment method by using the computer network or an electronic information system or any information technology means.

The punishment shall be imprisonment for a period of at least six months and a fine not less than one hundred thousand dirhams and not in excess of three hundred thousand dirhams or either of these two penalties, if it is intended to use these data and numbers to take over the funds of others of to benefit from the services which they provide.

If he has reached to take over the funds of others whether for himself or for others, he shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of at least one year, and a fine not less than two hundred thousand dirhams and not in excess of one million dirhams or either of these two penalties.

 You may report it in the UAE and the UAE authorities will take the necessary action as the UAE Cybercrime Law applies to those who committed the cybercrime outside the country in accordance with the provisions of the UAE cybercrime law, which stipulates: -

Article 47:

 Without prejudice to the provisions of chapter two of part two of book one of the Penal Code, the provisions of this Decree-Law shall apply to any person who has committed any of the crimes mentioned therein outside the country, if its object is an electronic information system, computer network, website or information technology means relates to the federal government or any of the local governments of the Emirates of the State or any authority or public institution owned by any of them.