Convicted Google IPO Scammer Faces Fresh Fraud Charges
- Shamoon Rafiq got jail for selling fake Google pre-IPO shares
- He allegedly tried a similar scam posing as a family office
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A man who was previously convicted of fraudulently selling pre-initial public offering shares in Google Inc. is facing new charges that he conducted a similar scam while posing as representatives of a billionaire family office.
Shamoon Rafiq, 47, was charged Friday by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. According to the criminal complaint, Singapore resident Rafiq impersonated two senior officials of the investment firm for a “prominent billionaire family,” falsely claiming to have access to pre-IPO shares in Airbnb Inc. and other companies.