A security source said that two years ago, the so-called Shadi Daou impersonated the position of a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and deceived a number of Lebanese lawyers about this matter. He opened a luxurious office in Sin El Fil, brought these lawyers with him, and began benefiting from their acquaintances to delegate his office to important cases for large sums of money. .
The source pointed out that the latter was holding lunch and dinner parties in order to market his office’s name as a specialist in local and international issues, especially for large companies and large depositors who trusted him and that he would file lawsuits abroad with the aim of guaranteeing their deposits in Lebanon through international rulings.
In the last months of the year 2023, the fake judge committed a number of fraudulent operations, and at the beginning of the year 2024, he collected large sums of money from a number of clients, amounting to approximately one and a half million dollars, according to the source. He left the country and no news of him disappeared. When inquired about his situation in The Hague, It turned out that he is a professional fraudster and has no legal status.
As for the employees, they were greatly harmed, as they had not received their salaries for three months, waiting for the increase he promised them before he disappeared.
