A long-time welfare recipient who was arrested in his underwear when police seized luxury cars and watches from his home has pleaded not guilty to a charge of dishonesty.
Mahmoud ‘Bargo’ Bargshoon was on Centrelink for five years before he was allegedly arrested with a Lamborghini, a Harley Davidson, Rolex watches and high-end designer items in July.
Police had been investigating the unexplained wealth of individuals with alleged links to organized crime networks, when they were led to the unit where Bargshoon lived with his wife, the glamorous gangster widow Fatima Hage, in Parramatta, west of Sydney.
There, they allegedly confiscated items worth $500,000, including a Lamborghini Huracan, a Harley Davidson V-Rod and two Rolex watches. Heavily armed police from the State Crime Command’s Organized Crime Squad dragged Bargshoon out of the unit early in the morning in his underwear.
Footage of Bargshoon’s arrest also showed a shoe rack filled with a variety of Nike sneakers – a premium footwear brand – and a large flat-screen TV mounted on the living room wall.
Bargshoon failed to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Friday when his defense lawyer, Harry Gribilas, denied a charge of dishonest possession of “a motor vehicle with a unique identifier that has been interfered with”.
The charge is believed to be related to the $384,000 Lamborghini Huracán found in his apartment.
Police from the State Crime Command’s Heavily Armed Organized Crime Squad dragged Mahmoud Bargshoon early in the morning in his underwear (above) from his unit in Parramatta.
Bargshoon’s wife, the glamorous widow of gangster Fatima Hage, is upstairs
Police confiscated this Lamborghini (above) from Mahmoud Bargshoon in the early hours of July 11 this year, along with Rolex watches and a Harley Davidson.
The 39-year-old, who has been unemployed since 2019, had previously made headlines over a dispute between Ms Hage and her ex-girlfriend, Rose, over a women’s Rolex watch.
The dispute was sparked by a voluptuous portrait of newlyweds Bargshoon and Hage in which she wore a revealing jumpsuit and sat on a gold throne on her new husband’s lap, a blue Hermes Birkin bag at her feet. high heel.
On Ms. Hage’s left wrist in the photo was a watch that Rose said was the same $12,500 two-tone diamond watch that he had originally given her, but which had mysteriously disappeared.
Mrs Hage strongly denied the allegations on her husband’s behalf to Daily Mail Australia and claimed she was wearing a different watch for the photograph.
Before their three-month relationship ended, a suspicious Rose confronted Bargshoon, who denied taking the luxury watch.
Rose then accused him of stealing it before allegedly gifting it to Mrs Hage, a glamorous hairdresser.
Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting Bargshoon stole the watch, simply that it became the subject of a months-long dispute between the two women.
Bargshoon in custody after his arrest by police from the State Crime Command’s heavily armed Organized Crime Squad, who dragged him out of the unit in only his underwear.
Daily Mail Australia previously revealed that another Lamborghini Huracan, rented by Bargshoon, was set on fire on a street in Olympic Park in western Sydney last year.
Police launched a search for two people who were seen loading jerry cans moments before the fire broke out, but no charges have ever been laid over the incident.
Trials and tribulations of Bargshoon’s wife
Before marrying Bargshoon, Mrs. Hage had a tragic romantic history with two different gangsters.
Seven years ago, she survived a mafia attack that claimed the life of her lover, Kemel ‘Blackie’ Barakat.
Barakat had long-standing ties to the Comanchero and Hells Angels motorcycle gangs, and was a suspect in the execution of career criminal Hamad Assaad, 29, in 2016.
Fatima and Blackie were in bed in Mortlake, in the south of the city, at 2.30am in March 2017 when masked gunmen burst into their unit and executed him in a hail of bullets.
Barakat’s trusted friend, former Sydney electrician Ahmed Jaghbir, has since been found guilty of being an accessory to murder, after he organized the installation of a new door and locks at the apartment where the shooting took place.
Ms Hage is now suing New South Wales Police for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder following the murder.
Lamborghini Huracan rented by Bargshoon caught fire in western Sydney
Fatima Hage (left) and Blackie Barakat (right) were in bed in Mortlake, in the south of the city, at around 2.30am on March 10, 2017 when masked gunmen burst into their unit and executed him in the pouring rain. of bullets.
Fatima Hage was in a relationship with Mahmoud Rizk (above, together), who was later charged and later convicted of shooting a 14-year-old girl outside a Connells Point home in July 2022.
She then had a relationship with Mahmoud Rizk, who was later charged and later convicted of shooting a 14-year-old girl outside a Connells Point home in July 2022.
The shooting, considered the most horrific in Sydney’s gang war, occurred after Rizk and another man arrived at the address looking for a member of the Brothers 4 Life gang.
The teenager, who was wearing her Dr. Seuss pajamas at the time and helping unpack groceries, lay bleeding on the floor after being shot in the hip and asked her mother, “Am I going to die?”
Rizk has also been accused of stalking and intimidating Ms Hage from prison and breaching an AVO the police took out on her behalf.
Bargshoon’s charge will next be heard in Parramatta Local Court in November.