Balvinder Singh Sahni, aka Abu Sabah, who once dazzled Dubai with black Bugattis, gold-plated lifestyles, and a ₹80 crore number plate, is now convicted.
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00:00A Rolls-Royce number worth 80 crore rupees, a 100 million dollar mansion and a multi-billion
00:05dirham empire.
00:07Balvinder Singh Sahani, a Dubai-based Indian billionaire, also known as Abu Sabha, is the
00:11man who turned blue, gold and black into a lifestyle brand, and then into a criminal
00:16record.
00:17He's not just your average billionaire, he's the guy who believed No. 9, the colour blue
00:21and the black Bugatti's could ward off the evil eye.
00:24He parked a black Bugatti in the middle of his Palm Jumeirah villa to protect himself
00:28from curses and spent 33 million dirhams, almost 80 crore rupees, on the iconic D5 license
00:35plate, one of the priciest in the Emirates in 2016.
00:38However, his real investment portfolio included a network of shell companies, fake commercial
00:43partnerships and a side hustle in money laundering worth 150 million AED, or about 344 crore rupees.
00:50The Dubai criminal court sentenced him to five years in jail and imposed a fine of 5 lakh
00:54dirhams, which is approximately 11.35 million rupees in May 2025.
00:59He will be deported once he's done serving the jail time.
01:02His eldest son was also named on the charge sheet one of the 32 people convicted.
01:07Authorities seized enough evidence like laptops, forged invoices, shady partnerships and plenty
01:12of creative accounting.
01:14Born in Kuwait in 1972, he built a real estate empire with Raj Sahani Group, serving up luxury
01:20living to the elite.
01:21By 2020, his net worth hit $2 billion, putting him among Dubai's richest.
01:27I don't even know how many cars I have.
01:29My number plates are worth more than my vehicles, he reportedly shared in a 2022 interview.
01:34Balwinder Singh Sahani, Dubai's blue-clad billionaire, king of license plates and now a convicted money
01:40launcherer.
01:41For more details, visit us at www.fema.org.au.
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