The Mystery Millionaire Who Haunted London’s Insider-Trading Trial
Who is the polo club and superyacht owner who led police to convicted trader Walid Choucair?
(Updates story originally published July 3, 2019, to add post-publication comments from Fiyaz spokeswoman.)
When Alshair Fiyaz, a wealthy businessman with a shaggy mane of hair, walked into the garden of London’s Four Seasons Hotel on a pleasant June evening five years ago, he had no idea he was being followed. He was there to meet Walid Choucair, a trader wearing a hoodie who collected “Star Wars” memorabilia and expensive guitars. Neither one noticed an officer from the National Crime Agency stick a recording device in the greenery.