Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
This Influencer Stole $8 Million Dollars - The Jay Mazini story
30 Apr 2025
Jay Mazini, whose real name is Jebara Igbara, was a New Jersey-based Instagram influencer known for posting videos of cash giveaways and portraying himself as a wealthy, devout Muslim businessman. However, behind this facade, he orchestrated multiple fraudulent schemes that defrauded investors out of at least $8 million.Not very halal bro
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Weißt du, die Influencer, die sich selbst Geld an random Strangers auf der Straße anbieten? Nun, du wirst überrascht werden, dass einige davon Skammer sind. Z.B. dieser hier. Sein Name ist Jay. Und Jay ist 23 Jahre alt, lebt in New Jersey und er ist einer der Influencer, die sich selbst Geld an Strangers anbieten.
And he has built himself up a nice following doing that, getting nearly a million followers on Instagram. But one day in 2019, he starts screwing it all up. Because bro gets greedy and he starts thinking, I'm gonna start conning my fans. Stealing from his fans is actually pretty easy for him. I mean, they trust him.
Because not only does he come across as a guy who's already very wealthy and successful at business, but more importantly, on social media, he really presents himself as a very spiritual guy, a devout Muslim who would never rip anyone off. I mean, look at these videos he makes of himself looking all religious. Apparently not.
Because at some point Jay starts an investment company called Halal Capital LLC. And he calls it Halal because with this he's going to target mostly his Muslim American following. So he tells his followers to invest with him because he's doing it the Halal way. And that he's going to in turn invest their money into stocks, electronics, PPE equipment, stuff like that.
He also starts teaching his own online courses where he teaches people how to get rich quick. For the first thousand people to sign up, they'll be mentored by me personally.
Yeah, huge red flag. Now, investment companies are nothing new. But here's the problem with Jay's investment company. He doesn't really seem to be investing it or putting it towards stocks at all. Instead, he takes their money and just pockets it and puts it into his own personal bank account. And of course, he spends a lot of it on himself.
Like he's got to make himself look rich and successful to flex to his followers on Instagram. Er verwendet es auch, um die viralen Gifte zu finanzieren, in denen er sich filmt, Geld an einzelne Anwesende zu geben. Und so werden viele dieser Leute, was im Grunde genommen Steuern von Geld, angeboten. Egal, diese Gifte werden wirklich populär.
In der Tat, im Jahr 2020 sind sie so populär, dass etwa 50 Cent in einem seiner Videos erscheint. Und da sieht man Jay, dem Arbeiter Geld anbieten, durch den Fahrrad. Und hier sieht man 50 Cent rollen. He also gets the rapper Fabulous to appear in a video.
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