Gang convicted of organised robberies after luring victims on Grindr

The criminals used fake profiles to trick their victims (Image: Ivan Radic, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license, originally uploaded to Flickr)

A gang of five men are facing jail time after committing a series of organised robberies that targeted victims on Grindr.

The robberies, which took place in Birmingham and Derby between 2023 and 2024, saw the perpetrators catfish their victims before organising to meet up with them at various locations under false pretences.

When the victims arrived, the men would trap and violently assault them, before stealing their belongings. Some victims were held for hours while the gang used their phones to make large bank transfers.

During their crime spree, Demalji Hadza, 21, Abubaker Alezawy, 21, Ali Hassan, 20, Wasim Omar, 24, and Mohammed Sharif,

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