A US district court in New York has sentenced Tyrese Haspil to 40 years in prison for the murder of Fahim Saleh, founder of Gokada, a Nigerian ride-hailing company.
Although Haspil was sentenced on Friday, the 25-year-old American man had been convicted by a New York state supreme court jury two months ago.
He was found guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree grand larceny and other charges.
The convict, who was Saleh’s personal assistant, had stolen tens of thousands of dollars (estimated total of $400,000) from him before resigning in 2019.
The district attorney’s office said that Haspil repaid Saleh using funds obtained through a PayPal scheme, but “the embezzlement continued reaching an estimated total of $400,000”.
Prosecutors say surveillance footage captured Haspil entering Saleh’s apartment building in Lower Manhattan on July 13, 2020, and following him into the elevator.
They said that upon exiting the elevator which led directly into Saleh’s apartment, Haspil deployed a taser against Saleh’s back and then repeatedly stabbed him in the neck and torso with a knife, resulting in his death
Although Haspil was sentenced on Friday, the 25-year-old American man had been convicted by a New York state supreme court jury two months ago.
He was found guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree grand larceny and other charges.
The convict, who was Saleh’s personal assistant, had stolen tens of thousands of dollars (estimated total of $400,000) from him before resigning in 2019.
The district attorney’s office said that Haspil repaid Saleh using funds obtained through a PayPal scheme, but “the embezzlement continued reaching an estimated total of $400,000”.
Prosecutors say surveillance footage captured Haspil entering Saleh’s apartment building in Lower Manhattan on July 13, 2020, and following him into the elevator.
They said that upon exiting the elevator which led directly into Saleh’s apartment, Haspil deployed a taser against Saleh’s back and then repeatedly stabbed him in the neck and torso with a knife, resulting in his death
