Azneem Bilwani, Intersys, Abtach & Martelli McKegg Try to Silence Journalist About Alleged Fentanyl Trafficking : DANNY : DE HEK

If you’ve been following my investigative exposes lately, you’ll know that life as an investigative journalist shining a spotlight on organized crime is rarely dull. In fact, things recently took an especially amusing turn when I received a letter from a law firm in New Zealand, Martelli McKegg. Their demand? An apology and retraction for exposing none other than Azneem Bilwani head of Intersys, Abtach and a whole bunch of other large firms in Pakistan. And add to that they insisted I pay his legal costs.

I guess the truth tends to sting, especially when your client allegedly has the FBI, Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, IRS, DEA and the Pakistan FIA breathing down his neck.

Keep reading for information about Azneem Bilwani, Majid Hassan, Muhammad Saad Iqbal, Mariya Siddiqui and Hassan Amin, Uraib Bilwani, Erum Bilwani and more.

So, Who Exactly is Azneem Bilwani?

For the uninitiated, Azneem Bilwani is not your ordinary entrepreneur. He allegedly sits atop a large transnational organized criminal empire that includes Abtach Ltd., Intersys, and the infamously indicted eWorldTrade LLC—companies that authorities from Karachi to Dallas allegedly believe are involved in international fraud, drug trafficking, and some truly audacious large scale scams (think hundreds of thousands of dollars scammed from single victims).

Just to give you a quick snapshot of Azneem’s handiwork:

eWorldTrade LLC: Indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for trafficking fentanyl analogues. Yes, that fentanyl—responsible for countless tragedies across North America.
Abtach Ltd.: Sanctioned by the United States Patent & Trademark Office for “an egregious scheme to deceive and defraud” trademark applicants. Forgery and impersonation? Check.
Intersys Ltd.: Formerly known as Abtach, now rebranded to shake off its murky past (spoiler: it didn’t work).
Intermarket Securities: One of Pakistan’s largest investment banks and brokerage companies which also runs IMTrade.
Supernet Technologies Limited

The Legal Threat (and its Chilling Effect)

Back to the letter from Martelli McKegg. Lawyers Darius Shahtahmasebi and Anthony W Johnson (aka Tony Johnson) dutifully demanded I cease publishing “defamatory” statements about their client. Ironically, they insisted Bilwani had nothing to do with eWorldTrade—despite clear evidence he’s personally registered its trademark and owned the domain name eWorldTrade.com (based on leaked domain whois registrant information as exposed by Brian Krebs). And best of all the law firm said that eWorldTrade is owned by Abdulaziz Sema! This is a big deal. Azneem Bilwani just put one of his front people in the fix for a major drug trafficking case.

Folks, let’s pause here. Imagine claiming to have absolutely no connection to a company…while owning its trademark and its domain name. This just keeps getting better and better.

The Cast of Characters (aka Bilwani’s Employees & Co-conspirators)

Azneem doesn’t work alone—his empire requires help. Here’s a quick who’s-who:

Salman Yousuf: Infamous for a bizarre confession letter (likely coerced), admitting to orchestrating bank fraud, identity theft and several other crimes in conjunction with Asbabanu Sema.
Irsa Faruqui: A key player in the alleged criminal scheme.
Muhammad Saad Iqbal: CEO of Intersys and, curiously, featured prominently in eWorldTrade branding. Oops.
Shamiz Karim & Binish Karim Dosani: Texas-based family friends handling money and setting up many companies.
Yusra Waheed: Established Quick Digit Solutions LLC, used as a payment channel in the USA.
More below… Keep reading.

These are just a few names from a sprawling network.

Bilwani’s Scam Universe

Abtach and Intersys advertise seemingly legit services (web design, trademarks, digital marketing). Behind these facades, they fleece thousands globally. Some notorious scam websites linked to their operations include:

FastestVPN.com: Trademarked personally by Bilwani (ironically).
Quick Digit Solutions LLC: Deceptively innocent, anything but legitimate.
360 Digi Marketing Ltd: Family-run UK front, involving Bilwani’s son and wife—talk about keeping it all in the family.

My Personal Favorite: The Bizarre Texas Lawsuit

A highlight of this saga is the comically bizarre lawsuit in Texas filed by Asbabanu Abdulaziz Sema (wife of Abdulaziz Sema, Bilwani’s trusted frontman). Her lawyer? Ali A. Hakeem, who’s—you guessed it—also connected directly to Bilwani’s business ventures.

The lawsuit’s centerpiece? That aforementioned forced confession by Salman Yousuf, dramatically written on Pakistani stamp paper, begging forgiveness while trembling at the thought of his sins. Honestly, Netflix, where are you?

Why Bilwani Wants Me Silenced

So why is Bilwani, through pricey Kiwi attorneys, trying to silence a humble investigative journalist thousands of miles away?

Because his empire is crumbling. FBI raids, FIA bribery charges, and customs seizures—every bit of light shone accelerates the unraveling of his scam empire.

My Response to Azneem’s Legal Threat? Bring It On

So, Azneem Bilwani and his esteemed counsel in New Zealand, let me clarify something:

I will not retract the truth.
I will not apologize for investigative journalism.
If you do proceed with your hollow threats, expect meticulous, evidence-backed exposés flooding into the New Zealand courts.

Your attempts to silence me only amplify the truth—and my resolve.

To the Readers & Victims

Keep reading. There’s much more to uncover. And as always, if you have tips or evidence on Bilwani’s operations, you know where to find me. Your anonymity is assured.

Remember: truth isn’t defamation—it’s just inconvenient for scammers.

Attention: Darius Shahtahmasebi and Anthony W Johnson representing Azneem Bilwani – Fentanyl Analogue Trafficking and Scams – Defamation Response.

Mr. Darius Shahtahmasebi and Mr. Anthony W. Johnson,

We acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 19 June 2025 (ref. DXS-311940-1-68-1) from Martelli McKegg, in which you demand that we retract and apologize for our reporting on your client, Mr. Azneem Bilwani. We believe Mr. Bilwani to be a significant transnational organized crime figure, who has been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for fentanyl analogue trafficking through his company, eWorldTrade. After careful consideration of the allegations presented, we categorically reject the assertion that our publications are false or defamatory.

Our investigative work, LinkedIn posts, and broadcasts concerning Mr. Bilwani address matters of substantial public interest and are based on verifiable source material, including (i) the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) charge sheet naming Mr. Bilwani, (ii) the 2022 sanctions order from the United States Patent and Trademark Office identifying him for “egregious fraud,” and (iii) contemporaneous records regarding a six-figure bribe paid by or on behalf of Mr. Bilwani to FIA investigators in 2021—facts which his legal counsel has not denied. All statements were made following thorough inquiry and are either truthful, honest opinions, or fair and accurate reports of official proceedings based on the available information at the time of publication.

Our publications address matters of considerable public concern and are grounded in primary source material, including:

FIA charge sheet (Enquiry No. 560/2020 / FIR No. FIA/CCR/KHI/FIR-9/2021/3687), which lists “Azneem Bilwani” among the “Names of Individuals” under investigation for orchestrating an international web-design and trademark-filing fraud involving blackmail and extortion.
Pakistani prosecutors have described this case as “the biggest money-laundering case in the history of Pakistan,” noting its involvement with numerous shell companies and overseas payment channels.

To ensure completeness, we note that the High Court of Sindh, Karachi, has already recorded in Cr. Bail Application 859/2021 that:

An FIA enquiry (No. 560/2020) alleges the payment of PKR 14 million in bribes to senior FIA officers to “extend undue favor” to M/s Abtach (Pvt) Ltd., a company under the beneficial control of Mr. Bilwani.
The same inquiry describes Abtach, as well as other unrelated companies using a similar modus operandi, as “international scammers… involved in harassment, fraudulent activities, identity theft, impersonation, cheating, extortion, and tarnishing the image of Pakistan.”

These serious allegations were deemed “heinous” by the Court, which also acknowledged the ongoing money-laundering investigations, despite the grant of conditional bail to an FIA officer (Abdul Ghaffar), who is accused of receiving the bribe.

Abtach’s use of “front” individuals and shell entities is also documented in U.S. litigation. A civil fraud complaint filed in the Southern District of Texas describes how an Abtach employee, Salman Yousuf, induced a U.S. citizen, Asbabanu Abdulaziz Sema (wife of Abdulaziz Sema, whom you claim is the actual owner of eWorldTrade), to act as a front for two Delaware-registered marketing agencies. This allowed Abtach to replicate its Pakistan-based scheme within the United States, highlighting a systematic structure involving front individuals setting up corporate entities in America to carry out these activities.

We maintain that our publications are accurate, supported by verifiable evidence, and made in the public interest.

We would also add that the highly unusual case filed by Asbabanu Abdulaziz Sema (wife of Abdulaziz Sema) was brought by Ali A. Hakeem of Sowell, Walls & Powell PLLC in Texas. Ali A. Hakeem and this firm have a history of representing your client, Mr. Azneem Bilwani, in several matters, some of which we will highlight throughout our response.

In that same case, Mr. Salman Yousuf produced an extraordinary, notarized “confession”—executed on Pakistani stamp paper—in which he admits that he “utilised company resources for [his] personal gains,” formed “parallel companies in the US,” and involved additional Abtach staff (Irsa Faruqui) to impersonate Asbabanu Abdulaziz Sema to engage in bank fraud and conceal the operation. Mr. Yousuf presents this letter as a voluntary act of contrition, yet its language (“I tremble at the thought of writing this letter… I hand over the proceeds of my unlawful activities to you”) is so self-incriminating and hyperbolic that its authenticity and provenance raise significant questions for any court. The confession also names Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, the founder and CEO of Axact. We have deduced that this confession was likely written under duress, at the direction of your client, Mr. Bilwani.

Link here for lawsuit Asbabanu Abdulaziz Sema vs. Salman Yousuf case and the likely coerced confession letter by Salman Yousuf.

Taken together, the U.S. pleadings and this confession corroborate a pattern of scalable fraud conducted through nominee directors and money-mule structures. Your letter, by contrast, omits these materials entirely while accusing us of having “no evidence.”

We also highlight the following key facts:

In November 2021, the United States Patent & Trademark Office issued a show-cause order accusing Abtach executives of “an egregious scheme to deceive and defraud” trademark applicants, including forging USPTO documents and impersonating the agency. Abtach—directed by Mr. Bilwani, who is personally named by the USPTO—was subsequently banned from further practice before the USPTO.
USPTO registration records show that the eWorldTrade® mark is owned by Azneem Bilwani of Karachi, which directly contradicts your claim that he has “no relationship… with eWorldTrade.” If Mr. Bilwani has no direct or indirect connection to eWorldTrade—the company indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for trafficking dangerous narcotics, including analogs of fentanyl—why would he be the owner of the trademark for eWorldTrade?
We also note that the email address listed on the trademark application for eWorldTrade under “SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES)” is ali@hakeemlaw.com, which is the professional email used by Ali A. Hakeem in Texas.
Your client was exposed as the owner of eWorldTrade.com domain name (the same domain name that was seized by Homeland Security Investigations). The respected security investigator Brian Krebs’ wrote about this.

Your letter itself contains multiple factual errors and misrepresentations. For the Court’s convenience—and without waiving any rights—we have included, in the attached schedule, a point-by-point response correcting your inaccuracies.

In light of the facts set forth, we decline your demands to remove content, publish the suggested apology, or remit your client’s legal costs. Should Mr. Bilwani nevertheless initiate proceedings in New Zealand, we will defend the matter vigorously and will rely on the statutory defences of truth, honest opinion, and responsible communication under the Defamation Act 1992. Please ensure that all documents relevant to the issues raised—particularly those relating to eWorldTrade LLC and your clients discussions about it, communications between Abdul Aziz Sema and your clients representatives, the FIA investigation, management documents having to do with Abtach, Intersys and Intermarket Securities, personal tax records of your client and his immediate family—are preserved for disclosure.

I’d like to add that I’ve found several new scam websites I believe are being run by your client:

Front companies I believe your client is using to run massive fraud campaigns: 360 Digital Marketing LLC, Vertical Minds LLC, Creative Ink Labs INC, Innovixus Solutions LLC, Retrocube Labs LLC, Max Mind Tech LLC, Craft Mind Innovations LLC, Spark Savvy Solutions LLC, Storage Magnet LLC, The Empire House LLC, and Retrocube Labs, LLC.

This correspondence is written without prejudice save as to costs.

6. We refer to the LinkedIn article published 3 June 2025 titled “Pakistan Software House Workers: Intersys, Digitonics, Abtach – You’re Being Watched” (LinkedIn Article 1).

Response: This was not the first LinkedIn article we posted about your client, this was the second. You have made critical errors in documenting the chronology as well as many other errors.

“LinkedIn Article 1 states that the US Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment naming Azneem Bilwani’s company, eWorldTrade, in connection with fentanyl trafficking (US Indictment).1

8. This statement is completely false. Mr Bilwani does not own the eWorldTrade. In fact, eWorldTrade LLC is a US-based company registered in Delaware, owned and directed by an individual called Abdul Aziz Sema. Having reviewed your content in some detail, we suspect you are aware of this fact already.”

Response: Abdulaziz Mohmad Yusuf Sema (also known as Abdulaziz Sema or Abdul Aziz Sema) is the husband of Asbabanu Sema and the brother of Mohammad Sema, a truck driver and logistics professional residing in Texas. Abdulaziz Sema acts as the corporate representative of eWorldTrade LLC. He is associated with numerous entities that are, in reality, beneficially owned and controlled by your client, Mr. Azneem Bilwani.

On November 24, 2023, Mr. Bilwani filed a trademark application for “EWORLDTRADE” using the address 1910 Pacific Avenue, Suite 8025, Dallas, TX 75201. The trademark application lists Azneem Bilwani as the owner, and includes the following email addresses: info@eworldtrade.com, ceo@fastestvpn.com, and ali@hakeemlaw.com. (See Exhibit A.)

Exhibit A

Source: https://uspto.report/TM/98283759/ELR20240903134921/

Source: Bizapedia

Additionally, on September 15, 2023, your client, Azneem Bilwani, filed a trademark application for “FASTESTVPN.” The owner’s address on this application is 10998 S Wilcrest Dr, Suite 150, Houston, TX 77099. Notably, this Houston address is also used by TEXONA MARKETING LLC—a company organized by Abdulaziz Sema—which processes payments for businesses controlled by Mr. Bilwani, among other functions. (See Exhibit B.)

Exhibit B

Source: Bizapedia

Source: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/azneem-bilwani

Source: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0804994237

Furthermore, the address for eWorldTrade (Suite 8025, 1910 Pacific Avenue, Dallas, TX 75201) is shared with other companies that are owned and controlled by Mr. Bilwani. (See Exhibit C.)

Exhibit C

Source: Riley v. Talented Ghostwriter, Texona Marketing LLC. 360 Digital Marketing LLC, Retrocube LLC(1:23-cv-00075) District Court, D. Colorado United States of America. Image of front door of 1910 Pacific Avenue, Suite 8025, Dallas, Texas.

Ownership of these entities by Mr. Bilwani is further supported by sanctions issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) against his companies for fraudulent activity.

See below:

https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Show-Cause-Order-Abtach-et-al.pdf

https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Sanctions-Order-Abtach-et-al.pdf

Your client, Azneem Bilwani, who I believe utilizes Abdul Aziz Sema as a front man, has established similar arrangements with several other individuals residing in Texas. This is not conduct that a normal businessman engages in. For example, a Pakistani national named Yusra Waheed has incorporated companies at Mr. Bilwani’s direction in Delaware and Texas, which have subsequently been used to process payments from victims. This includes Quick Digit Solutions LLC. Mr. Bilwani has also arranged for Shamiz Karim (also known as Shamiz Karim Dosani, son of Siraj Uddin Dosani) and Binish Karim (mother of Shamiz Karim and wife of Siraj Uddin Dosani) to act in similar roles. In addition, Asbabanu Sema (the wife of Abdul Aziz Sema) has admitted in court to serving as a front person and setting up bank accounts on behalf of Abtach and Mr. Bilwani. The lawsuit filed by Asbabanu Sema (the wife of Abdul Aziz Sema) against Salman Yousuf was filed on her behalf by Ali Hakeem.

It is not simply our position that your client, Azneem Bilwani, is involved in criminal and fraudulent activities. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has formally named and sanctioned him for egregious fraud. Likewise, the Pakistan Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has produced a charge sheet implicating Mr. Bilwani in a number of serious organized criminal activities. Mr. Bilwani has also been charged with bribing an FIA official to attempt to have the case against him quashed. Contrary to your assertion, these cases have not been resolved. Your client’s statement that these matters have been settled in Pakistan is unsupported by evidence and does not, in itself, make it so.

Should your client be able to produce verifiable documentation confirming that the case against him has been dismissed, we would be willing to consider a retraction. Until then, the FIA charges—which are publicly available—together with the documented allegations of bribery, remain the most current and authoritative references. Given the serious allegations of forgery and fraud involving Mr. Bilwani, we would insist on a thorough authentication of any documents he submits as evidence.

We wish to emphasize that there is significantly more evidence available, and should this matter proceed further, we will have no hesitation in sharing all relevant material with the courts in New Zealand. As well as using legal discovery to secure evidence.

Further, the indictment contained in LinkedIn Article 1 is an indictment against eWorldTrade LLC, not any individual.

Response: Yes, and Mr. Bilwani is the owner of eWorldTrade which is an irrefutable fact. Your position that he has no direct or indirect link to eWorldTrade is an absurd lie. He owns the trademark for eWorldTrade. Your client, Mr. Bilwani was also exposed as being the owner of the domain name eWorldTrade.com, both these critical pieces of evidence overwhelmingly indicate that your client Mr. Azneem Bilwani functionally owned and controlled eWorldtrade.com which stands indicted for trafficking of dangerous narcotics by the US DOJ.

The indictment document clearly notes that an indictment is an allegation only and all defendants are assumed innocent until proven guilty. We note you do not draw your audience’s attention to this pertinent fact at no stage during your 3-hour YouTube video nor in your many posts on this topic.

Response: This is common knowledge and therefore does not require me to specifically highlight. I am entitled to comment on the indictment and to offer up my opinion: which is that your client is a serious organized crime figure running a global transnational criminal organization that stretches from Karachi Pakistan to Dallas Texas. This is based on a review of more than 10,000 pages worth of evidence, conversations with employees of his, and conversations with victims of his scams. As well as detailed evidence secured from accomplices who have worked closely with your client.

For the avoidance of doubt, Mr Bilwani has no connection either directly or indirectly to the indictment.

Response: Categorically false.

Included in LinkedIn Article 1 is a post you made in which you claim that all scam call centres in Pakistan are being raided and arrests are being made.

Response: There have been raids in Pakistan as part of “Operation Grey” based on public news articles. And there will be more raids by Pakistani law enforcement authorities.

You can ask your client if this was discussed when he allegedly met with the bosses of the alleged other scam software houses: Burhan Mirza, Ali Arbaz Jafri, Abdul Qadir Fattani, etc when they met to discuss how to deal with me.

In support of the latter claim, you hyperlinked a recent article by ProPakistani.2 The ProPakistani article refers to a crackdown on cyber scammers and illegal call centres in Punjab known as ‘Operation Grey’. The article notes foreign nationals from countries such as Vietnam and Malaysia have been arrested.

Response: The common theme here is that Pakistan has a major fraud and transnational crime problem that is victimising people across the globe. Your client (according to the USPTO and FIA report) sits atop a vast transnational criminal organization being run from Karachi. Your client has substantial assets in UAE, UK, US and Pakistan.

Despite this, your LinkedIn post/comment contained LinkedIn Article 1 states that ‘Everyone getting raided and arrested can thank Azneem Bilwani, Burhan Mirza and Junaid Mansoor and their greed for this.

Response: This is an honest opinion based on facts protected by free speech laws. Our journalistic sources have specifically highlighted that the most recent raids in Pakistan against scam call centers were triggered by the US DOJ indictment against eWorldTrade for trafficking of fentanyl analogs.

For the avoidance of doubt, all of these highly defamatory statements are denied. Your claims are unsupported by evidence.

Response: Categorically false. The evidence is overwhelming. That you’d repeat such lies beggars belief. 30 mins of analysis would allow you to conclude that this statement is false.

17.You published a further LinkedIn article on 4 June 2025 entitled “Azneem Bilwani, Junaid
Mansoor, Burhan Mirza & Abtach Ltd Exposed- Karachi’s Digital Crime Syndicate”
(LinkedIn Article 2).3
18.In LinkedIn Article 2 the opening paragraphs allege:
FIA raids. FBI and HSI involvement. Intersys, Digitonics Labs, Wordsense. Allegations of
drug trafficking, fraud, money laundering.
And the names at the centre of it all: Azneem Bilwani, Muhammad Salman Yousuf,
BurhanMirza, Junaid Mansoor, Faiz Ul Hassan, Abdul Qadir Fattani — and more.
[emphasis added]
19.
LinkedIn Article 2 repeats the allegation in respect of the US Indictment referred to above.
Our client repeats that he does not own eWorldTrade and has no relationship either directly
or indirectly with eWorldTrade, the allegations nor the indictment.

Response: We have the right to comment and give our opinion on current events. Mr. Bilwani does have a relationship with eWorldTrade (see exhibit A, B, C above) and review the USPTO sanctioning of Mr. Bilwani and his associates.

Mr Bilwani resides in Pakistan, and confirms there are no active investigations against him either in the US or in Pakistan.

Response: False, there are active investigations into Mr. Bilwani on multiple continents for his involvement in transnational organized crime, drug trafficking, large scale fraud and money laundering.

Notwithstanding, LinkedIn Article 2 wrongfully and irresponsibly states:
Now that Federal Law Enforcement agencies are on the trail of eWorldTrade and Azneem Bilwani, it is only a matter of time before the money mules are arrested en masse.

Response: The United States Homeland Security Investigations, FBI, and the DOJ are actively investigating eWorldTrade and Mr. Bilwani. Based on my understanding of how the DOJ works and based on information published by highly respected security researchers I am confident of this assessment.

LinkedIn Article 2 also alleges further baseless connections between Mr Bilwani and
connections to drug-trafficking:
Based on customs records I’ve analyzed (totally public), I’ve found several shipments
between Azneem Bilwani companies such as BS GARMENTS PRIVATE
LIMITED and NUHAS RECYCLING LLC (incorporated by ABDULAZIZ SEMA).

Response: eWorldTrade LLC is owned by Mr. Bilwani, with Abdulaziz Sema serving as the corporate representative for the company. Mr. Bilwani is also the owner of BS Garments Private Limited, which has shipped goods to Nuhas Recycling LLC—an entity incorporated by Abdulaziz Sema. This commercial relationship, evidenced by shipping records, further demonstrates a direct connection between Mr. Bilwani and Mr. Sema.

You have claimed that there is no direct or indirect relationship between your client, Mr. Bilwani, and eWorldTrade. However, publicly available customs data indicates that goods are regularly shipped between companies owned or controlled by Mr. Bilwani and Abdulaziz Sema, specifically between Karachi and Texas. This contradicts your assertion and establishes a clear business link between your client and eWorldTrade.

Additionally, we would like to clarify that there was no allegation of drug trafficking in the referenced text. The point made was solely that a company incorporated by Abdulaziz Sema in Texas and a company owned by Mr. Bilwani in Pakistan have been engaged in shipping goods between Karachi and Texas—contradicting your claim that there is no connection. This conclusion is based entirely on public customs data.

LinkedIn Article 2 also states an individual by the name of Irsa Faruqui should be concerned about meeting the fate of arrest, stating that “Azneem Bilwani always looks out for number one and doesn’t think twice about throwing people under the bus.”

Response: Irsa Faruqui is an ex-employee of Mr. Bilwani. She worked for eWorldTrade LLC and as an executive at Abtach/Intersys. (See Exhibit H). On November 27, 2017 two press releases were put out by Reckon Media LLC (a company owned by Mr. Bilwani) that mentions eWorldTrade would be represented by Miss Irsa Faruqui and Mr. Sibtain Taqi.

https://www.newswire.com/news/eworldtrade-participates-as-an-official-online-media-partner-for-the-20077580

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eworldtrade-participates-as-an-official-online-media-partner-for-the-big-5-exhibition-2017-300561790.html

Direct quote from the press release: “The platform is being represented by expert business trade consultants, Miss Irsa Faruqui and Mr. Sibtain Taqi.“

Both Miss Faruqui and Mr. Sibtain Taqi were employed by Mr. Bilwani at this time.

Exhibit H

Source: facebook.com/eworldtrade – Abtach/Intersys Irsa Faruqui executive representing eWorldTrade at Trade Show in Dubai November 2017.

Abdulaziz Sema is functionally an employee of Azneem Bilwani. But the cease and desist letter sent on behalf of your client has implicated Abdulaziz Sema in a fentanyl analogue trafficking conspiracy. The mere fact that your client would implicate Abdulaziz Sema in drug trafficking proves our point that Mr. Bilwani looks out for number 1 (i.e. puts his welfare above all others). Other employees we believe your client will soon blame for the criminal activity at Intersys may be:

Muhammad Saad Iqbal
Mariya Siddiqui (internally known as Irsa Faruqui 2.0)
Hassan Amin (based in UAE)
Majid Hassan

The bizarre lawsuit filed by Abdulaziz Sema’s wife Asbabanu Sema wherein she implicates Salman Yousuf, Irsa Faruqui and others in criminal activity is likely another indicator that your client Mr. Bilwani looks out for number 1 (i.e. puts his welfare above all others). And figuratively speaking does not think twice about throwing other people under the bus (i.e. implicate them in serious criminal activity that he himself is responsible for).

As mentioned earlier there’s also a highly unusual document created by Salman Yousuf which I have in my possession where he admits to having committed criminal acts. This I believe was signed by Salman Yousuf under coercion by your client.

For the avoidance of doubt, all of these highly defamatory statements are denied. The claims are unsupported by evidence, yet you continue to publish them

Response: We have a right to comment on current events and give our honest opinion. We have evidence to back up statements made.

25.On 8 June 2025 you published a further LinkedIn article titled “BUSTED: Amazon

Publishing Scam – Roman Siddiqui, Junaid Mansoor, Muneeb Khan, Hasan Abbas & Co.

Exposed” (LinkedIn Article 3).4

26.LinkedIn Article 3 claims that our client Mr Bilwani is being investigated by the FBI and

Homeland Security for charges including alleged drug trafficking.

27.There is no evidence supporting this claim. Mr Bilwani firmly denies that there are any

active investigations in which he is involved with.

28.The publication of this defamatory material is harmful and completely irresponsible.

29.For the avoidance of doubt, all of these highly defamatory statements are denied.

Response: Mr. Bilwani is under investigation by HSI, DOJ, the FBI and several other investigative agencies in the U.S. He can deny this all he wants. Furthermore, we also believe he is being investigated by Pakistani law enforcement, the FIA.

30.At all times, Mr Bilwani’s name in LinkedIn Articles 1, 2 and 3 are highlighted in bold.

31.In naming Mr Bilwani distinctly in the title of the LinkedIn Article 3, naming Mr Bilwani in his

hyperlinked keywords, and naming Mr Bilwani in the text at numerous points in LinkedIn

Articles 1, 2 and 3 you also directly associates Mr Bilwani with the following accusations

embedded in both articles: building scam websites, operating fraudulent software houses,

mobile app development, logo design fraud, customer service impersonation, blackmail-

based upselling operations, fake book publishing, fraudulent trademark registration, stolen

identities, pushing people to suicide, among others.32.In the LinkedIn articles you also heavily refer to a global scam empire, to which Mr Bilwani

is alleged to be the ‘pulling the strings’ of.

33.All of the above allegations are denied in full. Further, you has not provided any evidence in

support of these allegations. Instead, your LinkedIn articles make vague and unsupported

broad-brush allegations of scams and frauds in respect of companies our client has no

involvement in.

34.Such reckless and irresponsible publishing of this seriousness cannot be allowed to stand.

Response: The evidence to the contrary is overwhelming. We are happy to produce it in a court of law if you wish to pursue this.

35. In a LinkedIn post dated 13 June 2025 you then published the following:

Friends from Pakistan, I am working on some big investigative pieces about the scam

software houses of Pakistan (which victimize Americans and other country nationals). I will

be publishing these explosive expose’s soon. I am just getting warmed up!

In the meantime if you have information on suspected illicit activities by Burhan Mirza,

Junaid Mansoor, Azneem Bilwani, Muhammad Uraib Bilwani, Erum Bilwani, Saad Iqbal,

Abdul Qadir Fattani, Salman Ghaznavi, Schergeil Parvez, Akash Ramchandani, Shoaib

Ahmed Shaikh, Usman Rogatia, Umamah J Siddiqui, Abbas Mala, Maria Siddiqui, Stafford

Aslam Perwaiz, Omair Ahmed Siddiqui, Roman Siddiqui, Faiz Ul Hassan, Faisal Qadeer

Yousufi, Imran Muhammad (Crystallite which scams employees) or any of the other usual

suspects please send it to me. I’ll keep your identity secure. I’ll verify the information and I’ll

publish it here and on https://www.dehek.com. I’ll also pass the information onto my law

enforcement partners (which include the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, Scotland

Yard, RCMP, Australian Federal Police, EUROPOL and others).

[emphasis added]

36.This post directly names members of Mr Bilwani’s immediate family.

37.You have no grounds to directly name Mr Bilwani’s family members. We consider it

egregious enough that you continue to name Mr Bilwani and his alleged ties to ‘suspected

illicit activities’ while having no evidence of those accusations.

38.It is clear from reviewing your posts that you do not have any information or evidence

against Mr Bilwani or his family, and you are hoping to crowd-source that information by

undertaking online fishing expeditions to your wider audience.

Response: Mr. Bilwani’s family members are involved in his businesses therefore it is fair to post their names. A victim of eWorldTrade shared an invoice where he was instructed to pay via wire transfer to a UK company named 360 DIGI MARKETING LTD. Mr. Bilwani was a director of this corporation until 1/May/2022. His son Muhammad Uraib Azneem Bilwani was director until 31/March/2023. His wife Erum Bilwani was director until 25/Feb/2022. The current director Muhammad Saad Iqbal is also the CEO of Mr. Bilwani’s company in Pakistan Intersys Ltd formerly known as Abtach Ltd. Mr. Iqbal left an interesting artifact on his linkedin profile photo showing the logo of eWorldTrade in the background. Mr. Bilwani’s wife Erum is listed as a person of significant control of 360 DIGI MARKETING LTD. See Exhibit D.

Exhibit D

Source: Victim report

Exhibit D continued

Source: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10311269

Exhibit D continued

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-saad-iqbal-42034a101/

(He took down his photo this weekend but we managed to snag a screenshot.)

39.Your posts are an irresponsible attempt at journalism. We are confident a Court would Agree.

Response: I am sorry you feel this way. A court in New Zealand would not agree, I’m confident that our courts would find your rich client bullying me, a poor journalist, to be an odious attempt at silencing someone speaking truth to power. That you’d accept payment from this individual to come after me, I personally feel is shameful.

43.6 At around 18:00:00 you openly say ‘I may not have all my information correct all the

time’ but insist on maintaining the line that your job is to ‘name and shame.’ You

also put the onus on the defamed party to prove to your satisfaction that they have

been wrongly named in your content. This is not how the law works, nor even basic

Journalism.

Response: The timestamps you’ve highlighted from the video are wrong. The video is not 18 hours long. There are several other factual inaccuracies in the cease and desist. Along with outright lies. The transcript of the video you have generated is also riddled with errors too numerous to point out here.

Here are some other links Mr. Bilwani has with eWorldTrade:

Sayyed Rizwan Ali is an executive at Abtach DMCC (owned by your client) in Dubai and was previously employed at Intersys/Abtach in Karachi, Pakistan. He has represented eWorldTrade at trade shows. Notably, the booth at the trade show prominently displays that eWorldTrade is a product/service of Intersys Ltd. See Exhibit E.

Exhibit E

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syed-zuhaib-hasan-wasti-87408158/recent-activity/all/

Exhibit E continued

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syed-zuhaib-hasan-wasti-87408158/recent-activity/all/

Exhibit E continued

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rizwanalisayyed/

Exhibit E continued

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azneem-bilwani-1630291a/recent-activity/all/

Exhibit E continued

Source: facebook.com/eworldtrade May 31st, 2024 note his badge says Intersys Limited – Senior Manager.

Majid Hassan is an executive at Intersys Ltd and has traveled to trade shows on behalf of Intersys and eWorldTrade. See Exhibit F.

Exhibit F

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7252445387624513537/

Exhibit F continued

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iammajidhassan/

Syed Zuhaib Hasan Wasti, executive at eWorldTrade, pictured at a tradeshow displaying eWorldTrade as a product brand of Intersys Ltd. See Exhibit G.

Exhibit G

Source: facebook.com/eworldtrade May 31, 2024

Salman Yousuf, former COO of Abtach, pictured at a tradeshow representing eWorldTrade. See Exhibit I.

Exhibit I

Exhibit I continued

Source: facebook.com/eworldtrade April 21, 2017

Arhum Siddiqui, Vice President of Intersys, pictured promoting an GITEX Global Dubai event in October 2024 that he attended to represent eWorldTrade. See Exhibit J.