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Journalist Mobeen Azhar investigates the story of a young medical student who handed out free cash to strangers shortly before rumours of a scam emerged.

Award-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar investigates the story of Gurvin Singh, a medical student who one evening near Christmas, decided to hand out free cash to unsuspecting strangers in Plymouth Town Centre. He told the local paper that he was 'giving back to the community' having made thousands of pounds through forex trading. But weeks later rumours were rife that Gurvin's trading claims were a scam.

With meme pages and social media profiles providing the clues, Mobeen discovers that Gurvin is at the centre of an alleged scam involving millions of pounds.

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32 minutes

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Fri 28 Nov 202501:00
BBC Three

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Credits

PresenterMobeen Azhar
Executive ProducerJeremy Lee
ProducerStefan Mattison
DirectorLeo Fawkes
Production CompanyForest

Broadcasts

  • Wed 26 May 202122:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
  • Wed 26 May 202123:10
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Wed 26 May 202123:45
    BBC One Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland HD & Scotland only
  • Mon 8 Aug 202221:00
    BBC Three
  • Tue 9 Aug 202202:50
    BBC Three
  • Thu 12 Jan 202322:30
    BBC Scotland
  • Wed 27 Nov 202422:00
    BBC Three
  • Thu 31 Jul 202521:00
    BBC Three
  • Fri 28 Nov 202501:00
    BBC Three

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