 in his account after a couple entered the wrong number on a bank transfer payment for a house. After splashing out on bars of gold bullion, clothes and makeup, Ghadia appeared at Sydney's Burwood Local Court where he pleaded guilty to two counts of dealing with the proceeds of crime. When questioned whether he spent the couple's money, the 24-year-old - who is known as 'Slimmy' on YouTube - replied: 'no, cuz'. The court heard Ghadia also went on a $6235 shopping spree at Westfield Parramatta, including buying makeup ( Instagram) According to court documents, in October 2020, the unnamed couple were in the final stages of completing their purchase of a new home. They were instructed by their broker to send the money to a Commonwealth Bank account to finalise the purchase, but when the settlement date came, the conveyancer told them the bank couldn't find their funds. Unknown to them, the huge sum of money had actually landed up in Ghadia's account. The court reportedly heard that Ghadia told police he "just woke up and saw the money" - and proceeded to buy almost $600,000 (£340,000) on gold bullions at one store in Sydney - where he bought 14 in total, ranging in weight from 10oz to 1kg, and was captured on CCTV each time. He then went on to spend more than $110,000 (£62,000) at a separate store in Brisbane, where he bought expensive coins. However, court documents have revealed that the gold Ghadia bought still hasn't been located b){kind=link}
Rapper Abdel Ghadia â who used to upload rap videos to YouTube under the name Slimy â pleaded guilty to two counts of dealing with the property proceeds of crime at Burwood Local Court
A rapper woke up to find nearly $1million AUD had been transferred into his account after a young couple accidentally sent him their house deposit, a court has heard.
Abdel Ghadia, 24, from Western Sydney, Australia, went on a wild spending spree after he found $750,000 (£425,000) in his account after a couple entered the wrong number on a bank transfer payment for a house.
After splashing out on bars of gold bullion, clothes and makeup, Ghadia appeared at Sydney’s Burwood Local Court where he pleaded guilty to two counts of dealing with the proceeds of crime.
When questioned whether he spent the couple’s money, the 24-year-old – who is known as ‘Slimmy’ on YouTube – replied: “no, cuz”.