A LAMBORGHINI boasting TikTok lawyer who defended two brothers involved in the Manchester Airport brawl has been charged with money laundering.
Akhmed Yakoob, 37, had the charges brought against him after an investigation by National Crime Agency.
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The director of Maurice Andrews Solicitors will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 17 alongside accountant Nabeel Afzal, 38.
Both men, of Birmingham, have been charged with three criminal offences including money laundering, encouraging money laundering and contravening a requirement to apply customer due diligence measures when establishing a business relationship.
The offences are alleged to have unfolded between February 18, 2020, and January 8, 2021.
A spokesperson from the NCA said: “A solicitor and an accountant have been charged with money laundering offences following a National Crime Agency investigation.
“Solicitor Akhmed Yakoob, 37, and accountant Nabeel Afzal, 38, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 17 June to each face three criminal charges.
“Yakoob, of Perry Barr, and Azfal, of Edgbaston, both Birmingham, are accused of money laundering; encouraging money laundering; and contravening a requirement to apply customer due diligence measures when establishing a business relationship.
“The offences are alleged to have been committed between 18 February 2020 and 08 January 2021.”
Yakoob previously made headlines when he defended two brothers at the centre of the Manchester Airport brawl in July 2024, which ended with a policeman being filmed kicking one of the siblings.
He then withdrew defending the pair after claiming the media had “made the situation about me rather than police brutality and police misconduct”.
The father of four also came into the spotlight earlier last year when he stood for mayor of the West Midlands on a pro-Palestine platform.
He secured over 69,000 votes, coming in second to Labour’s Shabna Mahmood while also being endorsed by George Galloway.
The lawyer carried out the vast majority of his campaign via TikTok, where he has more than 200,000 followers.
Yakoob previously told The Sun how he left school aged 15 after growing up on a council estate in a crime-riddled Birmingham suburb.
He got into Wolverhampton for his Bachelor of Laws degree, where he got a 2:2.
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The social media influencer, who posts videos about his criminal clients to his 106,000 TikTok following, now flaunts his wealth online.
He owns two Lamborghinis, a Mercedes Benz G-Class, a Ferrari F8 and was in the process of buying a Rolls Royce.
He says his car collection is worth £1million.
Yakoob bought out his boss at Maurice Andrews Solicitors for £150,000 aged just 28.
And he used TikTok to double his clients, becoming the “go to” criminal defence lawyer in the Midlands, he claims.
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