Posted on 04/06/2015 9:53:14 AM PDT by drewh
Ayyan Ali, a top supermodel in Pakistan, has been charged with money laundering after she was caught with more than half a million dollars in her possession at Islamabad airport.
On March 14, the 21-year-old model was charged with intent to illegally transport more than the legal $10,000 cash limit out of the country.
She was caught in the VIP departure lounge of Benazir Bhutto International Airport with approximately $500,000 in her carry on bag. She has been housed in Adiala prison ever since.
According to The Daily Mail, a customs official became suspicious after the model said she was given the money from a businessman who had connections in Pakistani politics.
Khurram Latifah Khosa, one of the lawyers assigned to Ali’s case, says the model had no plans to transport the money out of the country, and that it came from a legitimate property sale.
Khosa claims she was waiting in the lounge for her brother to pick up the cash to take it to Karachi. She had yet to check into her flight.
Furthermore, Khosa believes Ali is being targeted by the press and courts because of her celebrity status.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Based on the photographs - NOT GUILTY!
Give that girl a green card!
Seal Team Six needs to plan a prison break.
To my way of thinking, laws like this are extreme examples of governmental abuse.
Prove this woman got the money by committing a crime, or cut her loose.
It’s her money. She should be able to do anything she wants with it.
That goes for similar laws in the United States too.
Never had a Guilty day in her life.
Uhh.......what was the question?
not only is she not guilty, we should throw her accusers in jail.
Agreed. Police are stealing money. The IRS, etc is pressuring banks to file suspicious activity reports for just withdrawing cash in amounts as low as 5k. It is absurd
What with Obola’s INS importing moslem “refugees” (read: terrorists), that’s a distinct possibility...
Probably going to Zurich.
With all the security at the airport, why would anyone do this?
She should have converted the cash into something else if it was so necessary to smuggle it out of the country. The problem is that converting cash into some other store of value is that you will take a decent loss on the conversion back and forth. Postage stamps, jewels precious stone etc. Platinum formed into common items comes to mind. It looks a lot like stainless steel.
You cannot physically CARRY it, but you can withdraw it once you’re across the border... or you can wire it... or transfer it electronically... because then the money didn’t really leave the country. Brilliant. SMH
Not guilty. But busted? Doesn’t look that way to me.
She can launder my money anytime.
And she’s rich.
Seeing her I can tell why they wanted her in jail -— for themselves.
Yes it is.
Ali was off to Dubai through a private airline when Airport Security Force (ASF) checked her luggage on the counter and discovered US $506,800....
Rich girl doing some hyper-shopping in Dubai?
She was then taken to a medical facility for examination.
VOLUNTEERS ANYONE?!?!?
During interrogation she allegedly named several Pakistani politicians and models involved in money laundering
NOW it's getting interesting. It isn't just an ultra-rich girl with walking around money for the ultra-shopping in Dubai.
(She is also the one who wanted to enter Miss Universe, and become the first Pakistani to compete... but she never participated.)
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