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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is accusing Abraaj Investment Management Ltd., a Dubai-based investment advisory firm, with misappropriating money from the Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund. The regulator said that the fraud has resulted in losses for US investors, including charitable organizations that invested over $100M in the Fund. Also facing civil fraud charges is Abraaj founder Arif Navqi. In total, the investment adviser and Navqi are accused of misappropriating more than $230M from the fund between at least 9/2016 and 6/2018.

According to the regulator’s civil complaint, investors were told that their money would go into businesses related to healthcare in emerging markets. Instead, Abraaj Investment Management allegedly used the money to pay for cash shortfalls at the firm and at parent company Abraaj Holdings, Ltd., both of which Navqi controlled. Meantime, investors were allegedly sent financial statements and quarterly reports that were materially misleading or false.

Registered in the Cayman Islands, the Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund’s investors had committed $850M. Additionally, the SEC stated that one of the fund’s investors was a US government entity that had committed an additional $150M debt investment.