‘Rolex’ burglars used Grindr to dupe dozens of victims across London

Evening Standard

Two burglars have been jailed for using the gay dating app Grindr to trick men into letting them into their homes.After arranging to meet their targets at their London properties, Rahmat Khan Mohammadi, 23, and Mohammed Bilal Hotak, 27, persuaded them to provide their phone passwords by asking to play music on YouTube.The Afghan refugees then stole the devices and quickly exited the properties before making online or contactless payments, as well as occasionally transferring funds to themselves. They also took high value items such as Rolex watches, plus iPads, smartphones, wallets and passports.Mohammadi targeted 11 victims in his five-month crime spree.Hotak offended multiple times between October and December last year.

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00:00What can the victim describe us on the front cover?

00:25I believe we've got the phone.

00:28Yeah, both.

00:35Listen, both of you are under arrest for theft, okay?

00:40Reason being, right, literally, you've literally just now in Leytonstone, you've stolen Amal's phone.

00:49We've tracked it back here and I've confirmed the phone is in this vehicle.

00:53You do not need to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention them in question.

00:58Something which you're later relying in court.

01:00Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

01:02I don't know nothing about it also.

01:03All right.

01:04What if I was in the car?

01:05I don't know.

01:06Well, we've got the stolen phone, it's in your car.

01:08I know, where was it?

01:09It wasn't with me also.

01:10Well, we're going to find out exactly what, er, exactly.

01:15You can do your checks, but I'm saying, I don't know how to, I don't know nothing about it.

01:17I don't know.

01:19All right.

01:20Both males have been arrested.

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