A Pakistani once fooled Microsoft founder Bill Gates and ‘robbed’ him of Rs 833 crore, read full story
How Bill Gates was robbed of USD 100 million: You must have heard many viral stories about billionaire American businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, but have you heard the story where a Pakistani conman ‘robbed’ Microsoft founder Bill Gates of USD 100 million by fooling him.
In a massive revelation, a new book has claimed that a Pakistani resident Arif Naqvi fooled billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates of around USD 100 million Rs 833 crore. Once the head of private equity firm the Abraaj Group, Arif Naqvi made business out of investors while doing ‘good’ for the world. During his business years, he spend time with super rich and powerful people, including Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, and former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein.
As Arif Naqvi was successfully running his business, he received $100 million from the Gates Foundation. However, as things turned out, a whistleblower exposed that Arif Naqvi had siphoned off $780 million from investor funds using shell companies. As a result of the revelation, Naqvi was arrested and is now facing criminal charges for orchestrating one of the biggest private equity frauds in history.
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(With inputs from agencies)
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