US man beheaded boss to hide $400,000 theft

The beheaded and armless body of 33-year-old Fahim Saleh was discovered by a cousin of his after he went to his luxury Manhattan condo to check on the tech entrepreneur.

The personal assistant of a tech entrepreneur, who was charged in 2020 of dismembering his boss, has now claimed he beheaded the victim in a "crime of passion", according to his lawyer.

The beheaded and armless body of 33-year-old Fahim Saleh was discovered by a cousin of his after he went to his luxury Manhattan condo to check on the tech entrepreneur. Tyrese Haspil, who handled Saleh's finances and personal matters, was arrested with an initial investigation stating he owed his boss a "significant amount of money".

Now, it has come to light that Haspil was stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Saleh and didn't want his French girlfriend, Marine Chaveuz, to find out the stealing and break up with him, his defence team has argued, The New York Post reported.

Haspil had stolen nearly $400,000 from Saleh, and to stop his girlfriend from finding that out, he settled on two options - "suicide or homicide", and chose the latter, according to prosecutors.