London News: Four Men Charged In Connection To Social Dating App Grindr Targeted Burglaries.

Met Police detectives investigating a series of burglaries across London where victims were allegedly targeted on the social dating app Grindr have charged four men.

The group is alleged to have carried out 35 burglaries and 20 related frauds between October 2024 and March this year relating to 22 victims. 

Rahmat Khan Mohammadi, 22 (28.10.02), of Weald Lane in Harrow, was arrested on Thursday, 3 April and charged on Saturday, 5 April with one count of theft, 17 counts of burglary and 12 fraud offences. 

He appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 5 April where he was remanded in custody to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on Friday, 25 July. 

Mohammed Bilal Hotak, 21 (01.01.04), of Richmond Road in Hackney, was arrested on Thursday, 24 April and charged the following day on Friday, 25 April. 

He appeared alongside Mohammadi at Isleworth Crown Court on Friday, 23 May charged with one count of theft, 14 burglaries and nine fraud offences. 

He was also remanded in custody to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on Friday, 25 July. 

Mozamel Rahman, 29 (01.03.97), of Sefton Avenue, Harrow, was arrested on Monday, 7 April and charged with three counts of burglary and two fraud offences on Thursday, 26 June. 

He appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 11 July where he was bailed to attend the same court on Friday, 8 August. 

Ibrahim Yaqobie, 28 (15.02.98), of Masons Avenue in Harrow, was arrested on Wednesday, 9 April and charged on Wednesday, 9 July with the same offences as Rahman. 

He has been bailed to appear at Willesden Magistrates Court on Friday, 8 August. 

A trial date for both Mohammadi and Hotak has been set for Monday, 13 October at Isleworth Crown Court. 

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