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Seven Factors That Can Get Your DUI Dismissed

Published

4 years ago

November 25, 2021

It’s never a good idea to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Everybody knows that. But you’ll still find people drinking and driving on a daily basis. This results in accidents, damage to property, and even gets people charged with a DUI.

Unfortunately, some of these DUIs are unwarranted. Sometimes, it may only be a false positive on a breathalyzer test. If you happen to be falsely accused, a good defense attorney can help you get your DUI dismissed in court.

How to Get Your DUI Dismissed

No one wants a DUI conviction to be associated with their name, right? So you rake your mind trying to find ways to get out of it. But how can you go about this? This article explains numerous methods your attorney may use to get your DWI dismissed in court.

1. Blood Tests Or Breathalyzer Test Issues

There are no flawless tests, and when you have a DUI charge based only on a breathalyzer test, your DUI defense will usually be successful. For most policemen, if a breathalyzer confirms that you are under the influence, they will bring you to a precinct to get a blood sample drawn. If the blood tests are taken within three hours of the claimed incident, they are likely legitimate from a legal point of view.

Moreover, analysis of the sample by approved professionals is required. Otherwise, the evidence may be deemed unreliable and inadmissable.

2. Improper Grounds to Stop Your Vehicle

If the police have a reasonable suspicion that you’ve committed a traffic infraction, such as speeding or running a red light, they can stop you. In addition, if you’re driving recklessly and weaving in and out of traffic lanes, the DMV may suspend your license.

However, police have no jurisdiction to stop you if you follow the laws and drive with the traffic flow.

3. You Were Not Driving

In cases when the prosecution disputes that you were driving while intoxicated, police officers find it difficult to convince the jury. Even when they have substantial proof that you were drunk, there may be insufficient evidence to get a conviction.

4. Unlawful Acts of Search and Seizure

Without reasonable cause or until they acquire a warrant, police cannot inspect your car for evidence of liquor bottles or proof of drinking. Without a warrant, most officers cannot examine vehicles during a DUI arrest. So, whether there was probable cause to search the car becomes crucial. The Fourth Amendment’s privacy protections are violated when illegal searches and seizures occur.

5. You Didn’t Know the Drug Was in Your System

Even if you were not under the influence of drugs, someone might have drugged your food or drink and rendered you incapacitated while driving. You should not be convicted of driving under the influence as long as you can provide evidence to support this.

6. Inaccurate Field Sobriety Tests

Even the most reliable field sobriety tests cannot indicate whether a person is impaired by alcohol or drugs. Besides, there are only three tests with actual data to support their reliability. They only have the potential to detect impairment with a measly 65 to 77 percent chance of accuracy.

Poor results on field sobriety tests might also be attributed to innocent factors. This may include but is not limited to the following: intimidation, inadequate lighting, terrible weather conditions, unlevel surfaces, incorrect footwear, and more.

7. Entrapment

Your DUI charge can be dropped if you were entrapped. When you are coerced into something unlawful by an officer and arrested for it, it is known as entrapment. For example, if you are sleeping in your car while drunk and they force you to relocate the vehicle to leave a parking lot. However, before you can be released, you are arrested for driving under the influence.

Get Legal Help to Get Your DUI Dismissed

Warrantless arrests for DUI can lead to jail time, higher insurance rates, probable license suspension, and so on. Having a lawyer on your side may result in the charges being dropped instead.

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TRG Chairman Khaishgi and CEO Aslam implicated in $150 million fraud

Published

3 weeks ago

June 23, 2025

Jenny Jackson

In a scathing 52-page decision, the Sindh High Court has found that TRG Pakistan’s management was acting fraudulently and that Bermuda-based Greentree Holdings historic and prospective purchase of TRG shares were illegal, fraudulent and oppressive.

The Sindh High Court has further directed TRGP to immediately hold board elections that have been overdue and illegally withheld by the existing board since January 14, 2025.

In the landmark ruling, the Sindh High Court has blocked the attempted takeover of TRG Pakistan Limited by Greentree Holdings, declaring that the shares acquired by Greentree, nearly 30% of TRG’s stock, were unlawfully financed using TRG’s funds in violation of Section 86(2) of the Companies Act 2017.

“Having concluded that the affairs of TRGP are being conducted in an unlawful and fraudulent manner and in a manner oppressive to members such as the Petitioner (Zia Chishti), the case falls for corrective orders under sub-section (2) of section 286 of the Companies Act,” Justice Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry concluded.

The case was brought by TRGP former CEO and founder Pakistani-American technology entrepreneur Zia Chishti against TRG Pakistan, its associate TRG International and TRG International’s wholly-owned shell company Greentree Limited. In addition, the case named AKD Securities for managing Greentree’s illegal tender offer as well as various regulators requiring that they act to perform their regulatory duties.

The case centred around the dispute that shell company Greentree Limited was fraudulently using TRG Pakistan’s own funds to purchase TRG Pakistan’s shares in order to give control to Zia Chishti’s former partners Mohammed Khaishgi, Hasnain Aslam and Pinebridge Investments.

According to the case facts, the Chairman of TRG Pakistan Mohammed Khaishgi and the CEO of TRG Pakistan Hasnain Aslam masterminded the $150 million fraud. They did so together with Hong Kong based fund manager Pinebridge who has two nominees on TRG Pakistan’s board, Mr. John Leone and Mr. Patrick McGinnis.

According to the court papers, Khaishgi, Aslam, Leone, and McGinnis set up a shell company called Greentree which they secretly controlled and from which they started buying up shares of TRG Pakistan. The fraud was that Greentree was using TRG Pakistan’s funds itself. The idea was to give Khaishgi, Aslam, Leone, and McGinnis control over TRG Pakistan even though they owned less than 1% of the company, lawyers of the petitioner told the court.

This was all part of a broader battle for control over TRG Pakistan that is raging between Khaishgi, Aslam, Leone, and McGinnis on one side and TRG Pakistan founder Zia Chishti on the other side. Zia Chishti has been trying to retake control of TRG Pakistan after he was forced to resign in 2021 based on sexual misconduct allegations made by a former employee of his. This year those allegations were shown to be without basis in litigation that Chishti launched in the United Kingdom against The Telegraph newspaper which had printed the allegations. The Telegraph was forced to apologize for 13 separate articles it published about Chishti and paid him damages and legal costs.

After Chishti resigned in 2021, Khaishgi, Aslam, Leone, and McGinnis moved to take total control over TRG Pakistan and its various subsidiaries including TRG International and to block out Chishti. The Sindh High Court’s ruling today has reversed that effort, ruling the scheme fraudulent, illegal, and oppressive.

It now appears that Zia Chishti will take control of TRG Pakistan in short order when elections are called. He and his family are now the largest shareholders with over 30% interest. He is closely followed by companies related to Jahangir Siddiqui & Company which have over a 20% interest. The result appears to be a complete vindication for Zia Chishti and damning for his rivals Aslam, Khaishgi, Leone, and McGinnis who have been ruled to have been conducting a fraud.

TRG Pakistan’s share price declined by over 8% on the news on heavy volume. Market experts say that this was because the tender offer at Rs 75 was gone and that now shares would trade closer to their natural value. Presently the shares are trading at Rs 59 per share.

According to the court ruling, since 2021, shell company Greentree had purchased approximately 30% of TRG shares using $80 million of TRG’s own money, which means that that the directors of TRG Pakistan allowed company assets to be funneled through offshore affiliates TRG International and Greentree for acquiring TRG’s shares – a move deemed both fraudulent and oppressive to minority shareholders. The Sindh High Court also found illegal Greentree’s further attempt to purchase another 35% of TRG shares using another $70 million of TRG’s money in a tender offer.

The ruling is a major victory for the tech entrepreneur Zia Chishti against his former partners and the legal ruling paves the way for him to take control of TRG in a few weeks.