Farah Damji

Farah Damji
Born	9 October 1966 Kampala, Uganda

Farah Damji, also known as Farah Dan, is a criminal with multiple convictions in both the U.K. and the U.S. Damji has been described by The Sunday Times as "a notorious conwoman", and by some other newspapers as "London's most dangerous woman".

Damji has borderline personality disorder. She is the daughter of property tycoon Amir Damji, who lived in South Africa and in London. She was born in Uganda in 1966, and moved with her family to London in 1970. She has two children.

During 1993–1995, Damji ran an art gallery in Manhattan and East Hampton. At that time, she rented an apartment for herself. She gave the landlord a cheque she had received for $20, which she had altered to $20,000; when the cheque bounced, the landlord obtained an eviction order and seized her belongings. Damji then forged the signature of the judge assigned to the case and amended the order so that she could get her belongings back.

In October 1995, Damji was sentenced to six months in Rikers Island prison, in New York, for those crimes and other crimes related to her art gallery: five counts of grand larceny, possession of a forged instrument, and altering official records. She was also ordered to pay $72,000 to her major victims and given four years' probation.

During the time Damji was on probation, she allegedly committed other crimes; when a warrant for her arrest was subsequently issued, she fled the U.S. Damji then went to South Africa; there, she committed further financial crimes, for which she was deported, in 2000.

Damji then returned to the United Kingdom. There, she founded, and became the publisher and editor of, the lifestyle magazine Another Generation (originally named Indobrit), which folded after nine issues. Dozens of writers, photographers, and other contributors to the magazine were either not paid for their work or given cheques that bounced. During this time, she also wrote articles for mainstream and ethnic media, including a regular column in the Birmingham Post, an article in New Statesman, and an article in The Observer.

In October 2002, Damji stole a credit card from her nanny; she then ran up a bill on the card totaling £3,903. She was arrested for that, and then released on bail. While out on bail, she stole another credit card from her business assistant; she then ran up a bill on the card totaling £1,030. She was arrested for that, and then released on bail again. In 2004, while out on bail, she stole another credit card and ran up bills on the card; she also committed other thefts.

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