Given by the British tabloid press, what is the nickname of Mazher Mahmood, a journalist who devised various stings involving celebrities?
"Authority On 27 December 2009, Dizaei accepted a substantial payment and an apology from the ""News of the World"" for allegations arising from an investigation by Mazher Mahmood. The paper backed down and apologised in the face of legal action from Dizaei, after Mahmood claimed the officer ""employed an illegal immigrant as his right-hand man and took him to the heart of the British establishment."" The paper paid Ace Bakhtyari, who was subsequently jailed for having a fake passport and deported from the UK. Between 2000 - 2001 Andy Hayman (former Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police) permitted Dizaei's telephone"
"Mahmood and Smith were found guilty of conspiring and intending to pervert the course of justice. On 21 October 2016, Mahmoud was sentenced to 15 months and Smith received a suspended sentence of 12 months. Mahmood has won various newspaper awards, including British Press Awards ""Reporter of the Year"" 1999 for his exposé of Newcastle United directors. At the awards ceremony, a figure dressed as a sheikh collected the award, and then revealed himself to be Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of ""The Sun."" Mahmood won Reporter of the Year again in 2011, as well as Scoop of the Year, for"
"March 1998, Shepherd and Douglas Hall were the target of a ""News of the World"" exposé, led by the ""Fake Sheikh"" Mazher Mahmood. The pair, believing Mahmood to be a wealthy Arab prince trying to set up a business deal, were caught mocking the club's own supporters for spending extortionate amounts of money on merchandise, calling female supporters ""dogs"", and mocking star striker Alan Shearer by calling him the ""Mary Poppins of football"", all while frequenting a brothel. Amidst heavy media coverage, the Newcastle Independent Supporters Association and the then Minister for Sport, Tony Banks, called for the resignation of"
"Test, British newspaper ""News of the World"" published a story with allegations that an agent loosely affiliated with some of the Pakistani players (later identified as Mazhar Majeed) had accepted a £150,000 (US$232,665) bribe from undercover reporters for information that two Pakistani bowlers (Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir) would deliberately deliver no-balls at specific points during the match, information which could be used by gamblers to make wagers with inside information (a process known as spot-fixing, compared with match fixing to predetermine a match result). In the video posted by ""News of the World"", Majeed, counting out the bribe money,"
"to bat). Majeed has now stated that the odds against an Australian victory had gone as high as 40–1, and that the fixers had made over a million pounds from the resulting wagers. Mazhar Majeed Mazhar Majeed (born 1975) is a British sporting agent and bookmaker who came under police investigation in 2010 following reports of cricket 'match fixing' after a ""News of the World"" sting operation. On Saturday 28 August 2010, he was arrested by Scotland Yard for allegedly fixing a Test match between England and Pakistan in Lord's. On 3 November 2011, Majeed was given a prison sentence"
"Mazhar Majeed Mazhar Majeed (born 1975) is a British sporting agent and bookmaker who came under police investigation in 2010 following reports of cricket 'match fixing' after a ""News of the World"" sting operation. On Saturday 28 August 2010, he was arrested by Scotland Yard for allegedly fixing a Test match between England and Pakistan in Lord's. On 3 November 2011, Majeed was given a prison sentence of 32 months on convictions of ""conspiracy to make corrupt payments"" and ""conspiracy to allow others to cheat at gambling,"" to run concurrently. Born 1975 in Croydon, England, Majeed attended the Coulsdon High"
"fellow journalist Roger Insall to expose a vice-ring at the Metropole Hotel at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, according to Mahmood, he first used the sheikh disguise when inviting prostitutes to a hotel room. Mahmood then worked for the ""Sunday Times,"" which he joined in 1989. A managing editor at that time, Roy Greenslade, later alleged that Mahmood was dismissed for trying to cover up a mistake. Mahmood has consistently disputed Greenslade's version of events. Mahmood then briefly worked as a producer on David Frost's TV-am programme, before joining the ""News of the World"" in 1991. Mahmood maintains high levels"
"Labour Party's practices since taking office in 1997. In April 2006, Staines was one of numerous bloggers subject to an injunction from News International for publishing a picture of undercover journalist Mazher Mahmood. Staines agreed to publish the photo if 10 other bloggers would do so. The picture remained on Staines's site, and subsequently, following legal action from George Galloway, the photo was released into the public domain. Staines reported the allegation that John Prescott was having an extramarital affair with an MP, and named the woman in question, saying that such rumours had long been shared among Westminster journalists,"
"Kingdom. However, the men were later found not guilty following a trial at the Old Bailey, with the judge criticising the ""News of the World"" for not checking the credibility of the story. Mahmood won the ""Reporter of the Year"" award in 1999 for his exposé of Newcastle United bosses Freddy Shepherd and Douglas Hall, who mocked fans and branded Geordie women ""dogs"" after taking Mahmood, posing as the sheikh, to a brothel in Marbella. Footballer John Fashanu was exposed for alleged match-fixing. Fashanu offered to fix matches for Mahmood and took a cash deposit. Fashanu claimed that he knew"
"reported being harassed with inflated bills intended to solicit bribes. Out of the pool of corruption-affirmative respondents, 71% reported that money was ""demanded directly by the actor"". In August 2010, reporters from ""News of the World"" orchestrated a sting operation which was able to identify three Pakistani cricket players – Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir – and a bookmaker Mazhar Majeed of being complicit in a row over spot-fixing in the fourth England-Pakistan test match at Lord's. The cricketers each received 30 months, one year and six months jail term respectively while the bookmaker received two years and"
"meeting, ""I didn't know if this was the Russian mafia or who we were dealing with. At that stage I felt the best course of action was just to play along with these guys and get out of Russia"". Mooney also said ""we were genuinely in fear for our safety"". Mahmood's name came under the limelight once again when, in August 2010, he posed as an Indian businessman to expose a cricket bookie by the name of Mazhar Majeed who claimed Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal had committed spot-fixing during Pakistan's 2010 tour of"
"He has since appeared twice in ""Casualty,"" in May 2009 and May 2010, and was a prison guard in ""The Hatton Garden Job"" (2017). In 1999 he was convicted of supplying drugs to the ""News of the World"" undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, and subsequently imprisoned for nine months. During his trial, Alford said in his defence that he was set up, and complained that Mahmood was not punished for this. He was released after six weeks after agreeing to electronic tagging. Alford has stated that Mahmood claimed to be a well-connected prince, who could offer Alford a lucrative contract. After"
"English tabloid News of the World published a story with additional video of their undercover reporters offering Majeed £150,000 ($232,665) for information on the ongoing 4th Test Match between England and Pakistan. In the video published by News of the World, Majeed told the undercover reporters that two Pakistani bowlers (Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir) would deliberately deliver no-balls at specific points during the match. Majeed stated on the video that Amir would be Pakistan's bowler for the third over, and that the first ball of the over would be a no-ball delivery. Amir did bowl the third over, and"
"scandal as ""Arsalangate"" (in reference to Arsalan Iftikhar) and ""Bahriagate"" in respect to Malik Riaz. But due to channels rivalries, the scandal was popularised as ""Media-gate"". Despite the allegations on news channels, the news channels altogether greatly questioned the credibility of the payments made to the allegedly listed journalists. Television hosts, Hamid Mir, Shahid Masood, Meher Bokhari, Mushtaq Minhas, Nusrat Javed, Talat Hussain, Hasan Nisar, and Mubashir Luqman, denied all the allegations and terming it as ""fraudulent"". Writing a weekly column in ""Daily Times"", the media researcher and columnist Dr.Qaisar Rashid maintains that the monthly ratings of talkshows will remain"
"having earned the enmity of McCarthyite papers like those of the Hearst chain, found himself cut off from his usual employment. Rushmore hoped to use ""Confidential"" as a new venue to expose communists, though he often had to settle for suspected Hollywood ""fellow travellers,"" whom were implied in stories to be sexual ""deviates."" While his anti-communist hit pieces were bylined under his own name, he used a host of pseudonyms for Hollywood exposés, such as ""Juan Morales"" for ""The Lavender Skeletons in TV's Closet"" and ""Hollywood—Where Men Are Men, and Women, Too!"", or ""Brooks Martin"" for the Zsa Zsa Gabor"
"notices were sent out to the players following England's first 2010 Test Match against Pakistan, at Nottingham. The notices informed the players that the ACSU was seeking certain information and gave the pair 14 days to respond. In August 2010, reporters from ""News of the World"" established contact with Mazhar Majeed, a sports agent who was suspected of involvement in match-fixing. In the video posted by ""News of the World"", Majeed, counting out the bribe money, predicted that Amir would be bowling the third over in the fourth test at Lord's, and that the first ball of the over would"
"“Fake Sheikh: Exposed” which starting from the case of Tulisa Contostavlos alleged that many of Mazher Mahmood's investigations had been dishonest. The broadcast was twice delayed and was finally transmitted on 12 November 2014. Following the programme the Crown Prosecution Service announced that they would reinvestigate 25 cases where people were convicted on Mahmood’s evidence. Mazher Mahmood was convicted in October 2016 of conspiring to pervert the course of justice in the Tulisa Contostavlos case and sentenced to 15 months in prison. In July 2016, Jones became Investigations Editor at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Meirion Jones Meirion Jones is"
"word count is reached (with a note that the invoice is included). Additionally, there were the usual stories revolving around celebrities, some in the ""tell-all"" vein (such as a customs agent who claimed he found drugs in Pamela Anderson's ""plastic tits""). If one of a select band of frequently referenced stars is mentioned during these stories, they will be named humorously. Among others, Lemmy Kilmister will invariably be referred to as ""Lemmy out of Motörhead"", Bono as ""Bonio"" and Sting as ""Sting (real name Gordon Sting)"", mixing the singer's birth and stage names. One particularly memorable piece of tabloid-esque wordplay"
"that they would have acquitted the defendants if the law had enabled them to take into account Mahmood's ""extreme provocation"" of them to sell him cocaine. The judge agreed and passed suspended sentences. Mahmood's only face-to-face televised interview was in 2008 with the BBC's Emily Maitlis on ""The Andrew Marr Show"". In 2003, Mahmood was responsible for reporting an alleged plot to kidnap Victoria Beckham to the police. The subsequent trial collapsed after it emerged that Mahmood's main informant, Florim Gashi had been paid £10,000 and could not be considered a reliable witness, and was later deported from the UK."
"the interest of their own country."" Chaudhry Abdul Majeed Chaudhry Abdul Majeed (born:1937; Urdu: چودہری عبد لمجيد ) is a Pakistani nuclear chemist and a nuclear weapon and reactor expert. He is known as one of the pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear deterrent programme, and has worked closely with former PAEC Chairman Munir Ahmad Khan's plutonium reprocessing project. He rose to prominence when he was apprehended by Pakistan's intelligence agencies in a joint operation in late October 2001. Majeed was also one of the founding members of Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood's Ummah Tameer-e-Nau charity; an NGO which caused an international embarrassment for"
"and the ""News of the World"", in its use of ""subterfuge"", of adopting practices which ""debase journalism."" Galloway wrote to Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police commissioner and Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons about the incident. He also released photographs of Mahmood on the internet, distributed the images to other MPs and the royal family, and revealed other aspects of Mahmood's activities. The ""News of the World"" lost a High Court action to prevent publication of photographs of Mahmood. In his letter to the Speaker's office, Galloway also claimed that Mahmood had in the past deceived Diane"
"anti-corruption unit. Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal The Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal was a scandal centering on certain members of Pakistan's national cricket team, who were convicted of taking bribes from a bookmaker, Mazhar Majeed, to deliberately underperform at certain times in a Test match at Lord's, London, in 2010. Undercover reporters from ""News of the World"" secretly videotaped Mazhar Majeed accepting money and informing the reporters that fast bowlers Asif and Amir would deliberately bowl no-balls at specific points in an over. This information could be used by gamblers to place bets with inside information (i.e. spot-fixing). In response to"
"Freddie Starr had placed his girlfriend's hamster on a sandwich and proceeded to eat it, turned out to be entirely untrue and an invention of the publicist Max Clifford. The headline is often held up as the prime example of ""The Sun""'s supposedly celebrity-obsessed, sensationalist and often inaccurate journalism. In the general elections which were held during his time as editor, MacKenzie's ""Sun"" strongly supported the Conservative Party and its policies. Although the coverage of the 1992 election remains the best remembered, there were many other vitriolic personal attacks on Labour leaders by MacKenzie's ""Sun"" during elections, such as in"
"catchphrase. Hamadeh's sense of humor attracted several media outlets in Lebanon thus she became a regular guest on several social and entertainment Lebanese TV shows including ""Lel Nasher"", ""Bila Tashfeer,"" ""Men Ha'ek"" and others. In May 2018, Lebanese singer Nawal Al Zoghbi filed a lawsuit against Hamadeh and Raghed Qais, the owner of ""Shorta al-Mashaheer"" website after Hamadeh joked about al Zoghby's problems with plastic surgeries. In the third interview with Qais' website, Hamadeh is seen jokingly telling Al Zoghbi to ""rub her face with ice"" so that her cheeks would become less fat because of injections. On November 27,"
"Delhi Police had detained five people after the incident, but they were released after questioning. Indian authorities looked at CCTV footage for images of the perpetrator. On 7 March 2012, Delhi Police arrested Indian journalist Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi who claimed to work for an Iranian news organisation. The police claimed that he had conducted a recce of the Israeli embassy along with three other Iranian nationals, one of whom executed the blast. They also claimed that he was in touch with the mastermind of the module, Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, and that Kazmi's wife received foreign remittances of through her bank account"
"1963, when I was editor of ""Drum"" magazine, Alf Khumalo walked into my office carrying a picture. It showed a burly policeman delivering a vicious kick between the legs of reporter Harry Mashabela from behind. Such was the power of the kick you could see the shape of his boot exploding through the front of Mashabela' trousers. It was the year of the jackboot of John Vorster, habeas corpus had disappeared, the 90-day-detention without trial Act had given policemen a license to kill and assault behind closed doors with impunity. The police hated journalists – and photographers in particular, for"
"Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal The Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal was a scandal centering on certain members of Pakistan's national cricket team, who were convicted of taking bribes from a bookmaker, Mazhar Majeed, to deliberately underperform at certain times in a Test match at Lord's, London, in 2010. Undercover reporters from ""News of the World"" secretly videotaped Mazhar Majeed accepting money and informing the reporters that fast bowlers Asif and Amir would deliberately bowl no-balls at specific points in an over. This information could be used by gamblers to place bets with inside information (i.e. spot-fixing). In response to these allegations,"
"stories embarrassing to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump, and Harvey Weinstein. Tabloid newspapers in the United Kingdom, collectively called ""the tabloid press"", tend to be simply and sensationally written and to give more prominence than broadsheets to celebrities, sports, crime stories, and even hoaxes. They also take political positions on news stories: ridiculing politicians, demanding resignations, and predicting election results. The term ""red tops"" refers to British tabloids with red mastheads (the American English term is nameplate), such as ""The Sun"", the ""Daily Star"", the ""Daily Mirror"", and the ""Daily Record"". Given the associations with the word ""tabloid"" in Britain, it"
"a heart attack at the age of 74. Max Clifford Maxwell Frank Clifford (6 April 1943 – 10 December 2017) was an English publicist. During his long career, he represented a mixed range of clients, and was often considered a controversial figure due to his representation of unpopular clients (such as those convicted or accused of crimes) and his work for people wishing to sell ""kiss-and-tell"" stories to tabloid newspapers. Clifford was arrested in December 2012 on suspicion of sexual offences, as part of Operation Yewtree. He was tried in March 2014 and found guilty of eight counts of indecent"
"criticised by both his countrymen and the cricketing world, proving that the Mohammad Amir of the past was yet to return. In August 2010, the English newspaper ""News of the World"" published allegations that Amir and fellow bowler Mohammad Asif deliberately bowled no-balls during Pakistan's 2010 tour of England in return for payment from a betting syndicate. The ""News of the World"" alleged that an agent affiliated with some of the Pakistani players, later identified as Mazhar Majeed, had accepted a £150,000 (US$232,665) bribe from undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood for information that Amir and Asif would deliberately deliver no-balls at"
"Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) board member, were the subject of match-fixing allegations after being filmed in a sting operation conducted by the now defunct ""News of the World"". An undercover ""News of the World"" team, led by Mazher Mahmood, posing as promoters, met Higgins and his manager on 30 April, in a hotel room in Kiev under the pretence of organising a series of events linked to the World Series of Snooker. The newspaper alleged that Higgins and Mooney had agreed to lose four frames in four separate tournaments in exchange for a €300,000 total payment, and further"
"but that Western media has since branded the Mujahideen ""terrorists"" or ""foreign fighters."" He further claimed that the Taliban's strict Islamic rule had restored security to Afghanistan in the 1990s. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled that neither Mohammad's statement nor testimony were relevant to Abu Ghaith's trial, and thus inadmissible. The crime documentary series ""Mugshots"" released an episode, ""KSM's Confessions"" which tracks the terrorists Mohammad from New York to Pakistan. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (sometimes also spelled Khalid Shaikh Mohammed; among at least fifty pseudonyms; born March 1, 1964 or April 14, 1965) is a Pakistani"
"among them the reporter and journalist Jenan Moussa, below is some of her work: April 2018, The First TV Interview with One of the Most Dangerous British Fighters in ISIS: Our correspondent, Jenan Mousa, was able to conduct the first television interview with one of the most famous members of the notorious ISIS British fighters known as “Al-Shafee’ Al Sheikh"", who was recently arrested in Syria by the Kurdish forces. Al Shafee Al Sheikh is a member of “The Beatles” group, which is a dangerous group of four individuals, of British origin, in ISIS. They were responsible for the torturing"