How a scammer used a silicone mask to bilk millions from the Aga Khan

Reported by CBC on March 13, 2020 Gilbert Chikli was one of six men sentenced on Wednesday for a scheme in which he used a silicone mask to impersonate a former French defence minister. Chikli was already well-known in France for his previous scams. But this most recent plot involved him stealing a total of…

NAB recovers cash and valuable assets from Secretary and Treasurer of Karimabad Co-operative Housing Society

NAB KARACHI RECOVERS HUGE CASH AND VALUABLE ASSETS FROM BARKAT ALI, HON. SECRETARY & AMIN MUHAMMAD KARIM FAZWANI. HON. TERASURER. KARACHI, 7th August 2018: In line with vision of Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal “Accountability for All” by adopting Zero tolerance Policy against corruption”, and under the supervision of DG NAB Karachi Mr. Mohammad Altaf…

Karimabad Cooperative Society Office Bearers Arrested by NAB

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested five suspects in a cooperative society fraud case, said a NAB spokesperson on Saturday. The accountability body conducted a series of raids on Friday and Saturday respectively and apprehended five suspects who were wanted in an investigation against office holders of the Karimabad Ismailia Multipurpose Cooperative Society Karachi. The…

Stepchildren Petition Aga Khan Over Karim Hirji of Imperial Group of Hotels [Ismaili Community Frauds]

Businessman Karim Hirji is embroiled in a legal feud with his three stepchildren, who accuse him of grabbing the estate of their late mother Ziba Nanyonga Hirji alias Charm. After lodging a civil suit in the Family division last December accusing Hirji of selling off the late Charm’s property illegally, the children have now petitioned…

God’s Money

In 1991, Sadruddin Kabani was caught red-handed smuggling more than a million dollars in cash along the US-Canadian border. The money was destined for Aga Khan through Tajuddin Kurji of Aga Khan Foundation Canada and was collected from the Ismāʿīlī community in the name of dasond, mehmani, majlis memberships and various other religious contributions. The…