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A personal assistant was convicted on Monday (Tuesday AEST) of murdering and dismembering his former boss after stealing an estimated US$400,000 ($600,000) from him, the Manhattan district attorney said.
Haspil was arrested days later at a luxury Airbnb that authorities say he rented with stolen money for his girlfriend’s birthday party.
Haspil handled the finances and personal affairs of Saleh, whose ventures included Gokada, a motorcycle service in Africa.
Months after he was hired in 2018, investigators said Haspil began funneling money into fake accounts using two separate schemes, prosecutors said.
He resigned after a year but continued to embezzle even after Saleh confronted him about one of the schemes in January 2020 and allowed Haspil to repay $US35,000 ($52,000) over two years to avoid criminal charges persecution.
Fearing that Saleh would discover the ongoing theft, Haspil devised an elaborate assassination plan, first posing as a potential buyer of a vacant apartment across the street from Saleh’s residence so he could install a surveillance camera on Saleh’s building. prosecutors said.
When Saleh returned home from a run on the morning of July 13, 2020, Haspil followed him into the elevator to his seventh-floor apartment, shocked him and stabbed him to death, prosecutors said.
He returned the next day to dismember the body with an electric saw, which eventually died, authorities said.
While Haspil was out buying a battery charger, the victim’s cousin arrived and discovered the body, authorities said.
“Tyreese Haspil tragically cut short the life of Mr. Saleh, a man who came from a tight-knit immigrant family and followed his passion to become a successful entrepreneur,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement.
“I hope the accountability delivered by today’s sentence can provide some comfort to Mr Saleh’s loved ones as they continue to mourn his loss.”
Haspil’s sentencing on the murder and other charges is scheduled for September.
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