{"id":39179,"date":"2023-10-19T07:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T07:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/?p=39179"},"modified":"2023-10-19T07:49:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T07:49:30","slug":"flash-jet-setting-drug-boss-who-owns-a-banksy-and-bentley-begs-for-jail-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/world-news\/flash-jet-setting-drug-boss-who-owns-a-banksy-and-bentley-begs-for-jail-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash jet-setting drug boss who owns a Banksy and Bentley begs for jail release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A Brit drug lord who hid his criminal empire behind a luxury playboy lifestyle, has failed in his desperate bid to be released from jail.<\/p>\n

    Aram Sheibani, 43, from Greater Manchester, was sentenced to 37 years in prison in June 2021 for his part in a high-level cocaine conspiracy that lasted nearly 10 years. Sheibani, from Bowdon, Trafford, used money from fraud and drugs to build up a \u00a35m property portfolio, which included a swanky \u00a31.74 million flat in Kensington, London. He had Banksy and Andy Warhol artwork, travelled the globe, drove fancy cars like a Bentley and a Porsche, all while pretending to be a legitimate businessman.<\/p>\n

    According to the Manchester Evening News, Cops also discovered he had over \u00a31m in cash, cryptocurrency worth \u00a31.3m, original artwork from Banksy and Andy Warhol, and that he'd splashed out on cosmetic surgery including veneers, hair transplants and a nose job. A judge slammed Sheibani, saying his "greed knew no boundaries" and that he was satisfied Sheibani was "at the very head of a large-scale, international drugs conspiracy" and was "very close to the very source of production in Colombia".<\/p>\n

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    Despite Sheibani's claims that his wealth came from legitimate sources, jurors took just five hours to convict him of 20 fraud, money laundering and drug offences after an eight-week trial. Earlier this week, the Court of Appeal in London heard a renewed appeal against both his conviction and sentence.<\/p>\n

    Sheibani's barrister labelled the evidence of drug dealing against him as "circumstantial", arguing his conviction was unsafe. He also said there was "no evidential basis" for the lengthy sentence. Simon Csoka KC, representing Sheibani, argued that it "was not a case where there was an identified conspiracy".<\/p>\n

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