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The Age
03-07-2025
- The Age
‘Five shots fired': Lucky escape for mother of cocaine dealers in third drive-by shooting
On the evening of December 7, 2003, Hasna's daughter, Elizabeth, and other members of the family had just arrived home when a man wearing a stocking over his face jumped out of a car and pulled out a gun. Elizabeth fled but her father, Sayed, 59, who'd come out onto the porch, was killed by a single shot to the chest. It emerged the intended target was Ray Frangieh. Ray and his brother, Joe, had been released from prison in February that year, having been jailed for cocaine supply. Ordered to pay restitution to the NSW Crime Commission, Ray Frangieh had sold his yellow BMW to another crime figure, Ken Tan. When Tan failed to pay the $50,000 for the car, Ray reported the matter to the police. According to court records, the first drive-by shooting occurred on the same day the police confiscated the BMW. Earlier on the day of the second shooting, Ray had run Tan off the road in a road-rage incident which prompted Tan to retaliate by sending associates to shoot up the Frangieh house. Tan was later jailed for manslaughter. In Brisbane's Supreme Court in 2021, Ray Frangieh, a former Gold Coast nightclub promoter, pleaded guilty to trafficking in dangerous drugs, including cocaine. His ex-wife, Melissa, narrowly avoided jail for money-laundering almost $200,000, which the court heard was the criminal proceeds from her husband's drug supply empire. Ray Frangieh, 45, also has a conviction for assault, and in 2022, he pleaded guilty to dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception when he falsely nominated the previous owner of his car as the driver when he was caught doing 83kph over the speed limit in Lane Cove Road at North Ryde. Ray and his brother, Joe, had been jailed in NSW in 2002 over cocaine supply. For more than a decade, Joe Frangieh was embroiled in a long-running dispute with the Australian Tax Office over an audit of his tax affairs dating to 2007. According to court documents, there was $3,234,064 in unexplained deposits made into Frangieh's account that year. Frangieh subsequently provided a number of statutory declarations from family and friends claiming that 'certain deposits' made to his account were repayments of loans or payments for motor vehicles. He claimed some of the deposits were loan repayments from Ray, whom he'd lent $200,000 to buy a car. Joe Frangieh also claimed his sister, Elizabeth, and mother, Hasna, had deposited money with him to make property investments. One of those who provided a statutory declaration was Robert Melhem, who was later sentenced to a maximum of 10 years' jail for supplying commercial quantities of cocaine. Another was Frangieh's business partner George Cheihk, a Lamborghini-driving, ex-bankrupt Queensland property developer who had previously been banned from managing corporations for two years. A third was a since-banned bookmaker, Leo Lewin. In recent times, the discount carpet seller has gained quite a reputation for agreeing to allow major organised crime figures to stay at his house while on bail. One underworld figure, already on bail over an attempted murder, was charged with committing a fresh murder while on bail at Lewin's Sydney home. Although Frangieh's dispute with the ATO was settled, he sued the ATO for $8.75 million in 2017, claiming its pursuit of him had caused 'humiliation, embarrassment, stress, anxiety, emotional hurt and inconvenience'. He lost and was ordered to pay costs. His appeal was also unsuccessful. 'Mr Frangieh submitted that malice, bad faith and conscious maladministration' had been demonstrated by an ATO official. 'None of these grounds is made good,' the NSW Court of Appeal held. Loading In the hours after the shooting at the Davidson Avenue house on Thursday, a dozen heavily armed tactical police stormed the Frangieh home armed with battering rams. Arriving at 9am, they spent 10 minutes inside the luxury property before leaving. Detectives looking at the shooting are searching for at least two people. After the house was sprayed with bullets, a white 2021 Genesis was found on fire 3.5 kilometres away in Burwood. CCTV obtained by Nine News appears to show the lit car rolling down Stuart Street. The car is believed to have been stolen.
Sydney Morning Herald
03-07-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Five shots fired': Lucky escape for mother of cocaine dealers in third drive-by shooting
On the evening of December 7, 2003, Hasna's daughter, Elizabeth, and other members of the family had just arrived home when a man wearing a stocking over his face jumped out of a car and pulled out a gun. Elizabeth fled but her father, Sayed, 59, who'd come out onto the porch, was killed by a single shot to the chest. It emerged the intended target was Ray Frangieh. Ray and his brother, Joe, had been released from prison in February that year, having been jailed for cocaine supply. Ordered to pay restitution to the NSW Crime Commission, Ray Frangieh had sold his yellow BMW to another crime figure, Ken Tan. When Tan failed to pay the $50,000 for the car, Ray reported the matter to the police. According to court records, the first drive-by shooting occurred on the same day the police confiscated the BMW. Earlier on the day of the second shooting, Ray had run Tan off the road in a road-rage incident which prompted Tan to retaliate by sending associates to shoot up the Frangieh house. Tan was later jailed for manslaughter. In Brisbane's Supreme Court in 2021, Ray Frangieh, a former Gold Coast nightclub promoter, pleaded guilty to trafficking in dangerous drugs, including cocaine. His ex-wife, Melissa, narrowly avoided jail for money-laundering almost $200,000, which the court heard was the criminal proceeds from her husband's drug supply empire. Ray Frangieh, 45, also has a conviction for assault, and in 2022, he pleaded guilty to dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception when he falsely nominated the previous owner of his car as the driver when he was caught doing 83kph over the speed limit in Lane Cove Road at North Ryde. Ray and his brother, Joe, had been jailed in NSW in 2002 over cocaine supply. For more than a decade, Joe Frangieh was embroiled in a long-running dispute with the Australian Tax Office over an audit of his tax affairs dating to 2007. According to court documents, there was $3,234,064 in unexplained deposits made into Frangieh's account that year. Frangieh subsequently provided a number of statutory declarations from family and friends claiming that 'certain deposits' made to his account were repayments of loans or payments for motor vehicles. He claimed some of the deposits were loan repayments from Ray, whom he'd lent $200,000 to buy a car. Joe Frangieh also claimed his sister, Elizabeth, and mother, Hasna, had deposited money with him to make property investments. One of those who provided a statutory declaration was Robert Melhem, who was later sentenced to a maximum of 10 years' jail for supplying commercial quantities of cocaine. Another was Frangieh's business partner George Cheihk, a Lamborghini-driving, ex-bankrupt Queensland property developer who had previously been banned from managing corporations for two years. A third was a since-banned bookmaker, Leo Lewin. In recent times, the discount carpet seller has gained quite a reputation for agreeing to allow major organised crime figures to stay at his house while on bail. One underworld figure, already on bail over an attempted murder, was charged with committing a fresh murder while on bail at Lewin's Sydney home. Although Frangieh's dispute with the ATO was settled, he sued the ATO for $8.75 million in 2017, claiming its pursuit of him had caused 'humiliation, embarrassment, stress, anxiety, emotional hurt and inconvenience'. He lost and was ordered to pay costs. His appeal was also unsuccessful. 'Mr Frangieh submitted that malice, bad faith and conscious maladministration' had been demonstrated by an ATO official. 'None of these grounds is made good,' the NSW Court of Appeal held. Loading In the hours after the shooting at the Davidson Avenue house on Thursday, a dozen heavily armed tactical police stormed the Frangieh home armed with battering rams. Arriving at 9am, they spent 10 minutes inside the luxury property before leaving. Detectives looking at the shooting are searching for at least two people. After the house was sprayed with bullets, a white 2021 Genesis was found on fire 3.5 kilometres away in Burwood. CCTV obtained by Nine News appears to show the lit car rolling down Stuart Street. The car is believed to have been stolen.
AU Financial Review
30-06-2025
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Chinese investors spun by fugitive Michael Gu now stuck in Salter fund
The multibillion-dollar Salter Brothers asset management empire was seeded with money from Chinese investors steered into a fund run by Michael Gu, the Lamborghini-driving alleged fraudster who fled the country after his property business collapsed owing more than $60 million. Documents and investor testimony obtained by The Australian Financial Review show that the foundations of Salter Brothers' $4 billion portfolio can be traced back to the Atlas Capital SIV Fund – a 2015 vehicle co-founded by Gu and Paul Salter to attract wealthy Chinese nationals under a scheme that offered visas in return for major investments in Australia.
Scottish Sun
21-05-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Lamborghini-driving TikTok lawyer who represented Manchester Airport man kicked by cops charged with money laundering
He owns two Lamborghinis, a Mercedes Benz G-Class, a Ferrari F8 and was in the process of buying a Rolls Royce SHOCK CHARGE Lamborghini-driving TikTok lawyer who represented Manchester Airport man kicked by cops charged with money laundering Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A LAMBORGHINI boasting TikTok lawyer who defended two brothers involved in the Manchester Airport brawl has been charged with money laundering. Akhmed Yakoob, 37, had the charges brought against him after an investigation by National Crime Agency. 7 Akhmed Yakoob, 37, has been charged with money laundering offences Credit: Getty 7 The TikTok lawyer boasted of having a £1million car collection Credit: Instagram 7 He often poses with the priceless motors Credit: Instagram 7 The solicitor defended Mohammed Fahir Khan and brother Amaad following the Manchester Airport brawl in July 2024 The director of Maurice Andrews Solicitors will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on June 17 alongside accountant Nabeel Afzal, 38. Both men, of Birmingham, have been charged with three criminal offences including money laundering, encouraging money laundering and contravening a requirement to apply customer due diligence measures when establishing a business relationship. The offences are alleged to have unfolded between February 18, 2020, and January 8, 2021. A spokesperson from the NCA said: "A solicitor and an accountant have been charged with money laundering offences following a National Crime Agency investigation. "Solicitor Akhmed Yakoob, 37, and accountant Nabeel Afzal, 38, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 17 June to each face three criminal charges. "Yakoob, of Perry Barr, and Azfal, of Edgbaston, both Birmingham, are accused of money laundering; encouraging money laundering; and contravening a requirement to apply customer due diligence measures when establishing a business relationship. "The offences are alleged to have been committed between 18 February 2020 and 08 January 2021." Yakoob previously made headlines when he defended two brothers at the centre of the Manchester Airport brawl in July 2024, which ended with a policeman being filmed kicking one of the siblings. He then withdrew defending the pair after claiming the media had "made the situation about me rather than police brutality and police misconduct". The father of four also came into the spotlight earlier last year when he stood for mayor of the West Midlands on a pro-Palestine platform. He secured over 69,000 votes, coming in second to Labour's Shabna Mahmood while also being endorsed by George Galloway. The lawyer carried out the vast majority of his campaign via TikTok, where he has more than 200,000 followers. Yakoob previously told The Sun how he left school aged 15 after growing up on a council estate in a crime-riddled Birmingham suburb. He got into Wolverhampton for his Bachelor of Laws degree, where he got a 2:2. The social media influencer, who posts videos about his criminal clients to his 106,000 TikTok following, now flaunts his wealth online. He owns two Lamborghinis, a Mercedes Benz G-Class, a Ferrari F8 and was in the process of buying a Rolls Royce. He says his car collection is worth £1million. Yakoob bought out his boss at Maurice Andrews Solicitors for £150,000 aged just 28. And he used TikTok to double his clients, becoming the "go to" criminal defence lawyer in the Midlands, he claims. 7 Yakoob bought out his boss at Maurice Andrews Solicitors for £150,000 aged just 28 Credit: Instagram 7 The father of four came into the spotlight earlier last year when he stood for mayor of the West Midlands on a pro-Palestine platform Credit: Getty
NZ Herald
14-05-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Seal Security director Chetan Kumar fined and banned from hiring overseas workers
A Lamborghini-driving security company boss accused of exploiting migrant workers has been fined $1000 and his business has been banned from recruiting overseas staff. The adverse ruling was made by the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority (PSPLA) against Chetan Kumar, the director of Auckland-based security
