The playboy who got away with $242m – using ‘black magic
One day in August 1995 a man called Foutanga Babani Sissoko walked into the head office of the Dubai Islamic Bank and asked for a loan to buy a car. The manager agreed, and Sissoko invited him home for dinner. It was the prelude, writes the BBC’s Brigitte Scheffer, to one of the most audacious confidence tricks of all time…
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Interesting story. More unanswered questions than anything. A quarter billion dollars in the late 90s was a lot of money. How does one employee transfer this kind of money and all he was is a manager approving used car loans. 10% GDP of Mali was contained in one bank?
@Young read you somewhere about some land situation. Is it in Kiambu? might have some advice. Let me know but ni kali sana. I will have some verbal advice from my uncle.
Come to my Inbox when you are ready. My Uncle works kwa ‘randi’ in Kiambu and will tell you what to do. He is guiding us on what to do about what my late Dad left us.
He will not be taking any money off you, just advice. Trust me on this one.