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Patrick Radden Keefe

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

And as far as they know, he's got money.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

So in theory, he could just move out of the home and go off and become a businessman.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

And in fact, that building, One Hyde Park, that he was so obsessed with, that was developed by these two guys, the Candy Brothers, who today are

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

billionaire real estate guys.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

But at the time, they started their business when they were 18, 19 years old.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

So there was a precedent for a kind of young hustler kid who wants to get into real estate and other business ventures in London.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

And so in a queasy way, they just thought, oh, okay, well, maybe that's who Zach's going to be.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

So it's interesting.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

So Akbar, he gets to know and he starts working with Akbar and Akbar introduced Zach to a friend of his, a guy named Verinder Sharma.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

And Zach told his parents about Verinder Sharma.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

He told them that Verinder Sharma was a rubber tycoon and that he worked with Pirelli rubber in some capacity and that he had several apartments in this building, Riverwalk, this new luxury development overlooking the Thames.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

and that they'd become friends, they were hanging out, they might do some business together, and that Verinder at a certain point had said that he had three of these apartments, he only used one of them, and he would make one available to Zach, rent-free, I think, for Zach to stay in if he wanted to.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

And again, the parents were sort of uncomfortable with this, but at the same time,

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

Zach was 18.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

He did appear to be making money.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

They were curious because when they looked up for Inder Sharma, they couldn't find anything about him on the internet, nothing.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

No connection to Pirelli Rubber, nothing at all.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

And Zach moved in.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

The parents would ask if they could visit him.

Conversations
Inside the mysterious death of a young man posing as the son of a Russian oligarch

He said no.