Mazhar Farooqui
Senior Editor at Khaleej Times
Multi-award winning Dubai-based investigative journalist & author of The Maz Files: Scoops, Scams & Showdowns
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1 week ago |
khaleejtimes.com | Mazhar Farooqui
A Dubai-based man who is allegedly the mastermind in the murder of his nieces remains at large, after the a local court in India’s Uttar Pradesh sentenced the two men directly involved in the killing of the young sisters to death. The victims’ mother, Veerangana Singh, welcomed the verdict but said the true conspirator remains beyond India’s reach. “The court has sentenced my daughters’ killers to death. I respect the decision. But the real mastermind is in Dubai.
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1 week ago |
khaleejtimes.com | Mazhar Farooqui
Tue, May 27, 2025 | Dhu al-Qadah 29, 1446 | Fajr 04:02 | DXB 34°C Nowhera's arrest follows the October 2024 Supreme Court order cancelling her bail and directing her to surrenderNowhera Shaik, the controversial founder of the Heera Group and prime accused in the Dh2.36 billion Heera Gold scam, has been arrested in India.
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2 months ago |
khaleejtimes.com | Mazhar Farooqui
Do you know how many zeroes are in dirham one-hundred-and-fifty-thousand?“The voice on the phone is mocking, almost amused. ”Did I force you to invest the money?“”Yes, you did!“”Then come and take it, you #%&!“The conversation spirals into a barrage of expletives and threats. The once-persuasive broker now sounds menacing, his words thick with hostility.
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Feb 8, 2025 |
khaleejtimes.com | Mazhar Farooqui
Read next story 'It is outrageous that he is being handed a microphone and a sounding board to defame us and spread lies', said one of the women he conned Published: Sun 9 Feb 2025, 6:00 AM Photo: Screengrab/Netflix A local music radio station has removed a podcast featuring convicted fraudster Simon Leviev, infamously known as the 'Tinder Swindler', following public outcry.
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Feb 3, 2025 |
khaleejtimes.com | Mazhar Farooqui
Read next story The driver, who had been hired to drive the victims to Abu Dhabi for a fee, survived the crash Published: Tue 4 Feb 2025, 6:00 AM Two Indian families are grappling with unbearable loss after a fatal car crash in Dubai claimed the lives of their loved ones.
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