A former employee has been arrested in the grisly murder of tech CEO Fahim Saleh, sources told The Post Friday.
Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, is in custody and expected to be charged with the murder of Saleh — who was found decapitated and dismembered inside his Lower East Side apartment on Tuesday, the sources said.
Haspil worked as Saleh’s chief of staff at his venture capital firm Adventure Capital — but acted as his personal assistant.
The motive behind Saleh’s slaying allegedly involves stolen cash, sources said.
The entrepreneur, 33, learned that Haspil allegedly swiped $100,000 from him — but instead of ratting him out to authorities, he brokered a repayment plan with the younger man But at some point, Haspil allegedly reneged on the deal.
“This was an act of charity that turned into an act of murder,” the source said.
Saleh’s body was discovered Tuesday by a concerned cousin who hadn’t heard from him in days..
He was killed Monday, with Haspil allegedly first zapping him with a Taser and then fatally stabbing him, the New York Times reported. Haspil then allegedly returned the next day to chop up Saleh’s body and clean up the crime scene.
Security footage from inside the elevator shows Haspil using a portable vacuum to try and cover his tracks, the Times said.
Surveillance video from Saleh’s East Houston Street apartment building shows the businessman and a smartly dressed Haspil riding together in the elevator — which opens straight out to his apartment — on Monday afternoon. It was the last time Saleh was seen alive.
from nypost.com
Praise God.
ReplyDeleteI wish Nigeria would invest in surveillance cameras, it would go a long way for us.
You dont need "Nigeria" to have it. You can purchase one yourself and install. I have CCTV but it only covers my personal space, front and back of the house.
DeleteThank you African Duchess!!!
DeleteEvery time Nigeria!
We make up the country Nigeria. Invest in technology too and don’t wait for government to dash you. CCTV is very cheap please
Thank God o......with all the good he did for him....some.people do not deserve pity at all
DeleteI said it! It was an inside job! Many kept saying mafia! Believe you me mafia killing is not that sloppy! I knew the person worked with him
DeleteSo unfortunate
DeleteOnye oma mmadu negbu ya.
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ReplyDeleteHaspil shall not go unpunished if found guilty.
In Texas he is dieing if found guilty.The question is how and when he is gonna be sent to do the great beyound.
DeleteAh! So it wasn't mafia related eh? The comment section sure had me convinced.🙄🙄
ReplyDelete🙆🙆🙆🙆🙆🙆 kaaaaamikaze!!!!!
DeleteI'm overjoyed that the evil man is got!
Continue resting in peace!
Kamikaze,
DeleteI know right! This is the part of Social media platforms that irks me.
The way some people write stuff like they were physically present leaves me gobsmacked. Let's see how many will come forth to retract their comments.😓😥😢
Were they lovers? Cause at only 21 that person had quite the title.
ReplyDeleteThat was a quick crime solving.
You can’t compare a Nigerian 21 year old and a western 21 year old . It’s not the same .especially career wise, education etc
DeleteThis was a crime of passion. I believe they were lovers.
DeleteSee how wicked some people can be! He helped you despite your foolish greed and you feel the best way to pay him back is by taking his previous life that you can't give? This is why some people find it hard to help but you won't stop people from being good, you nor reach!
ReplyDeleteI hope he's made to die a worse death than his benefactor. Ika eniyan!
After fatally stabbing him, he still got the evil nerves to go back the next day to complete his drastically evil accomplishment. Beast in human form
ReplyDeleteI tell you, so unbelievably wicked.
DeleteMaybe he was planning on dumping the body. But stopped halfway through.
Delete"This was an act of charity that turned into an act of murder,” I don't blame some people that refuse to help others.....
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmmm it is well, may his soul continue to rest in peace.
Oh thank goodness .
ReplyDeleteThis world is wicked!!!!! Thank u Jesus d son of God for keeping us cos no b by expensive house Nd security! Most rich pple it’s deir close acquaintance that kills them! Aye ni Ka o! Eni to Mo yan Lon sheyan
ReplyDeleteOf course, It is someone close that knows one's In and out, wicked world.
DeleteThe heart of man is truly wicked..
ReplyDeleteThank God he was caught.
Jealousy is strong!person go hustle they won’t mind him o
ReplyDeleteWhen he makes it,he now becomes a target to even those he/she never imagined
RIP to the dead,let the killer be sentenced to death not even life imprisonment o
Thank God for CCTV cameras.
ReplyDeleteLook at Jesus's teachings;
If someone forces you and take your cloak, allow him to take your tunic too... Mathew 5:40. If this man with all the monies he has overlooked this theft, just fire the man and get on with your life, he would have been alive today.
So sad. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Really?? 🙄🙄🙄 Welldone, for twisting that scripture.
DeleteBut he did him kindness by not firing him or reporting him to the authorities. He even went as far as arranging a payment plan they both agreed to, so nothing justifies this gruesome murder.
DeleteAbsolute rubbish. What happened to handing him over to the authorities? This kind of person will plot to kill you because you stopped him from working with you. Best bet is to remove sentiments when dealing with people.
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DeletePlease, I come here to learn also.
Kindly teach me, untwist the Scripture for me, please. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Your way of reasoning is beyond bizarre. So it is the dead man's fault that he was murdered. He gave the person the opportunity to repay what was stolen. Personal assistants are very well paid, most start at 100k/yr. Imagine making 100k/yr USD at 21yrs old. He had no reason to steal anything. But greed is one of the seven deadly sins for a reason, he is not only a thief but a murderer too, at only 21. That kid instead of seeing opportunity to learn and grow and potentially becoming a millionaire himself before 30, all he saw was a quick money. Hope he stays in prison for the rest of his life. He was dumb and evil.
DeleteSo It is his fault he was killed?? Wow!!!
DeleteYou think if he had just fired the guy, he would have still been alive? He would have been killed since. This scripture no apply at all
Delete17:41 that's a cruel comment❗
DeleteYes, you really twisted that Jesus' teaching.
Would you do half of what Fahim did for his PA if it was your $100,000 dollars that was stolen? Besides you don't know other things Fahim has overlooked.
Not reporting him to the authorities and giving a repayment plan was more than giving up cloak and tunic.
How many times or people would you go around allowing them to take your $100,000 cloak and tunic your whole lifetime?
Nothing justifies taking a human life.
You're such an evil human! For blaming him for his own death, may you suffer same fate. Tueh!
DeleteThis Bible twisting up and down gives me heartache. God help your people.
DeleteAll he showed was an heart of kindness, yet he is being blamed.
The same Bible that God punished people for their sins.
The old testament is filled with different consequences for sins.
Including an eye for a eye, or death punishment for adulterers and thieves.
Yet you come here twisting the scriptures and blaming the dead.
You pick a verse, isolate it and base terrible doctrines of it.
It is well.
Nobody has justified murder here. Your understanding is skewed, not the comment.
DeleteAnony preacher or quoter u are so mean.u choose the part of the scriptures to quote.even if he had fired him he may have still have killed him.please your brain that God gave u and stop quoting the scriptures u know little or nothing about.pray for wisdom.
DeleteYou guys don't read btw the lines. Haspil, if this story is true was enslaved, so he killed his "massa".
DeleteHe allegedly stole from his boss who placed him on a service plan aka work for the money you stole. Which some might say is fair, but in today's world with every thing going on, one might call it indentured servitude. Our fore fathers repaid loans this way too, some have their kids as servants to repay loans. Both theft and slavery/servitude are bad. Anon may be right, if he'd let him go or reported him instead of enslaving the ex PA, he may still be alive. Murder though is really extreme.
What is this eh! Killed and dismembered him for what??? You will never know peace in your life! Evil evil human being.
ReplyDeleteThe heart of man is wicked.
ReplyDeleteAfter helping him factor a way in paying back.
May he rot in jail.
It was a very unfortunate development. That Fahim Saleh was very gifted in tech world. Very many websites he had and sold. How he was able to found Gokada without living in Nigeria shows how good he was at what he did.
ReplyDeleteIt's premeditated murder and his killer is going in big time.
May his soul rest in peace.
Haba. After all the kindness.
ReplyDeleteSomeone he did good to, killed him??????!!!!! This life? This thing called human beings???? I don't even think animals behave this way. Chai! This kind of wickedness is so painful. How will this man rest in peace????? This is painful!!!!! Why will they be charging for second degree??? What happened to first degree! Aaaarggggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad. But I am not surprised. I have been kind to many people. To my consternation it was some of these people that tried stabbing me in the back for no just cause. I thank God because He has shown that indeed I am serving a living God who has got my back. May the soul of this young man receive justice ooo. Thank God for their systems that allowed the murderer to be caught. Wickedness of the highest order.
DeleteWhat a very wicked and ungrateful soul!!,fahim helped him and even covered his crime,but he feels the only way he can pay him back is to murder him gruesomely, I am glad he was caught and will be made to face the full wrath of the law,besides his conscience will forever hunt him.
ReplyDeleteThis type nor get conscience
DeleteThe heart of men are desperately wicked..
ReplyDeleteRot in prison, Infact,this one should get the capital punishment, such level of wickedness.
ReplyDeleteHe stole $100,000, wasn't arrested or jailed, and he decided to pay back by murdering him. This is saaad. May that evil man rot in jail.
ReplyDeleteWith 72 hrs and the killer was nabbed. No where did this report mention NYPD. If na naija olopa, they will start praising themselves saying special detectives from the IG with sophisticated tracking system were able to track the killer. IG of police needs to go learn work from a constable abroad.
ReplyDeleteThis is so heartbreaking. What kind of a devil would do such an act? May Fahim Rest In Peace. I’m so saddened reading this.
ReplyDeleteWicked souls walking round the streets of planet earth!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so heart breaking. You stole from your boss, he still pitied you and did not report you to the authorities, Your gratitude to him was to murder him like he was some sort of animal💔💔. If only he has reported the devil to the right authorities, he may still be alive.
21years old??????? OMG!!!
ReplyDeleteSaw this news earlier and I am sad and angry in my spirit. I just don't understand this world again.
ReplyDeleteThe heart of man is desperately wicked. In a lot of cases, people pay back good with evil.
ReplyDeleteMay Fahim's soul rest in peace.Amen
Cold stone dead conscience Haspil, rot in jail...
ReplyDeleteRest in peace Saleh...
21 years old. Youthful exorborance. I am Sure he will be regretting now. Saleh never imagined that a young boy will do this to him
ReplyDeleteAbeg don't call this youth "exorbitance". It's cold premeditated murder.
DeleteHuman mind. Act of kindness is always misconstrued as weakness. This is why Assholes live longer. They know that A-holes are like tigers.
ReplyDeleteYou are very right. Acts of kindness are usually misconstrued as weakness.
DeleteThis the comment!
Delete2 Timothy 3
ReplyDeleteEVIL IN THE LAST DAYS
1 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, LOVERS OF MONEY, BOASTFUL , arrogant, ABUSIVE, DISOBEDIENT to their parents, UNGRATEFUL, UNHOLY, 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, BRUTAL, WITHOUT LOVE OF GOOD, 4 TRAITOROUS, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. TURN AWAY FROM SUCH AS THESE!
6 *They are the kind who worm their way into households* and *captivate vulnerable* women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,a so also these men oppose the truth. THEY ARE DEPRAVED IN MIND and disqualified from the faith. 9 BUT THEY WILL NOT ADVANCE MUCH FURTHER . For just like Jannes and Jambres, THEIR FOLLY WILL BE PLAIN TO EVERYONE.
What do people gain when they kill their fellow human🤔🤔
ReplyDeleteIt is well 🙏
What a wicked woman we are living in.
ReplyDeleteThis is just painful...and the killer is black. Opportunity alot of minorities are looking for and the hediot stole and killed the guy on top...probably had a ghetto mentality.
ReplyDeleteI hope it won't affect blacks in tech.
This is why we should pray for wisdom and teach common sense to young ones. How does a 21yr old who is even lucky to be the PA of such a vibrant and successful young man not see the opportunity God gave him? How? The career he would have built under Fahem eh, now he gets to go to jail for life. Foolishness!!
ReplyDeleteAlso let's teach young ones to have the spirit of gratitude and not entitlement. When they talk against rich relatives or rich friends, hush them. Ingratitude leads to envy. See Fahem worked hard from college to be a millionaire and this 21yr feels entitled to his wealth. He probably felt Fahem should be letting him steal. Money he didn't work for oh. Whatever Fahem paid was not enough for him that he had to steal and then kill him. A thief has no honor, none whatsoever. This is so horrible!
You spoke my mind 100 percent in this comment 👍
Delete9 out of 10 most people we show kindness to hate us or envied us. The best is to be far away from people you help. Most of them are very dangerous.
ReplyDeleteBest comment! Helping from afar is always the best. When you help within a closer range they compare the financial support you render them with what you lavish on yourself and get upset. Forgetting that, they are not you. The business is not theirs but yours. The effort, sleepless nights, never-ending prayer, vigil, the brain work and the sweat etc. that goes into the lifestyle you can now afford isn't a joke and it doesn't have their bearing on it. With time they want your life.
DeleteVery true. I stay on my own and I don't have friends. God has blessed me and am very private. It's a wicked world. You have to be very prayerful these days and trust the holy spirit for guidance.
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