Double Shah

Who is Double Shah?

Sibtul Shah, alias Double Shah, was a teacher who started a financial scam, a Ponzi scheme, in Pakistan. Syed Sibtul Hassan Shah is a resident of Pak town - a lower middle class area - in Wazirabad, a tehsil of Gujranwala. He was born in Koloke, a small town of Sambrial Tehsil, in Sialkot District, Punjab. He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. He died in prison on November 2012 following his illness from diabetes.

The peoples who took advantage from double shah are Sahabzada Imran-ul-Haq, Irfan Mughal, Ifthakhir Mughal, Javaid Mughal. He is a BSc and BEd and was a science teacher at Government High School, Nizamabad until 2005. After taking leave from his job, he went to Dubai where he stayed for about six months. Upon his return, he left his job and approached his colleagues and neighbours, asking them to give him their savings, which he would return in double in just 15 days. The first person to trust him was his next-door neighbour who owned a marble business named Javed Marble Factory. He was followed by many of Shah’s colleagues. As promised, their investments were doubled in 15 days.