Fraud allegations: Bushido testifies against Abou-Chaker: account “looted”

In the trial for alleged fraud, the rapper Bushido testified as a witness against his ex-manager Arafat Abou-Chaker before the regional court in Frankfurt (Oder). Abou-Chaker and his brother “looted” the joint account of a real estate company and took 180,000 euros without asking, Bushido told the presiding judge. He didn’t know what the money was used for.

Abou-Chaker is the defendant, Bushido is a witness

Abou-Chaker and a co-defendant are accused of fraud as part of a legal dispute with Bushido. In a previous civil case, Abou-Chaker and Bushido argued over the division of a joint real estate business in Brandenburg. According to the public prosecutor’s office, in this process the ex-manager is said to have presented fake receipts from a construction contractor in order to prove alleged payments and to shape the process in his favor.

Bushido: Receipts are fake invoices

The court showed some of the invoices that are supposed to support the construction of a new pool. He doesn’t know this company, said Bushido, whose real name is Anis Mohamed Ferchichi. He also doesn’t know whether this company ever existed. In his eyes, these invoices are bogus invoices.

According to the senior public prosecutor, Abou-Chaker had withdrawn 180,000 euros from the joint company without having any reason for doing so. The 48-year-old said at the time that he had used the money to pay bills from a construction company and was thus acting in Bushido’s spirit. The presumption of innocence applies until the proceedings are legally concluded.