{"id":777032238,"date":"2025-09-26T06:51:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777032238"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:46:23","slug":"case-brought-against-pakistani-youtuber-rajab-butt-for-allegedly-promoting-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/case-brought-against-pakistani-youtuber-rajab-butt-for-allegedly-promoting-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Case brought against Pakistani YouTuber Rajab Butt for allegedly promoting illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The case follows the arrest of fellow influencer Ducky Bhai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Pakistan.- The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA<\/strong>) has filed a case against YouTuber Rajab Butt<\/strong>, accusing him of promoting unlicensed gambling<\/strong> and trading applications on his social media platforms. The move follows the arrest of another high-profile influencer, Saad ur Rehman, better known as Ducky Bhai<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the First Information Report (FIR), Butt is accused of acting as a brand ambassador for well-known betting platforms and of failing to appear before the NCCIA to provide a defence. The case includes charges of electronic forgery, fraud, spamming and spoofingunder the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016 and cheating and offering prizes connected with trade under the Pakistan Penal Code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rehman, who has over eight million YouTube subscribers, was detained in August<\/a> after being accused of working as a country manager for a gambling app and handling major financial transactions. His bail request was denied earlier this month<\/a>, with a Lahore court ruling that the alleged promotion of illegal betting platforms had significant social consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> 8 arrested in raids against alleged illegal gambling operations in India<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The case follows the arrest of fellow influencer Ducky Bhai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":22681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in Pakistan has filed a case against YouTuber Rajab Butt for promoting unlicensed gambling and trading applications, following the arrest and bail denial of fellow influencer Ducky Bhai (Saad ur Rehman) on similar charges. Butt faces accusations of electronic forgery, fraud, and promoting illegal betting platforms under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016 and the Pakistan Penal Code. This action underscores a heightened regulatory enforcement against digital content creators facilitating illicit iGaming operations.","focusai_entities":"Rajab Butt, Ducky Bhai, Saad ur Rehman, National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, NCCIA","focusai_location":"Pakistan, Lahore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on B2B suppliers?","query":"What are the specific implications for B2B suppliers operating in or considering the Pakistani market, given the heightened regulatory scrutiny on unlicensed activities and the potential for market disruption?"},{"label":"Regulatory influence on affiliates?","query":"How might this enforcement action influence the broader regulatory landscape for digital content promotion and affiliate marketing across other emerging iGaming jurisdictions, particularly regarding influencer partnerships?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[24805,20326,24867],"class_list":["post-777032238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-advertisments","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777032238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777032238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777032238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777032259,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777032238\/revisions\/777032259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777032238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777032238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777032238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}