Pakistan's 'penniless billionaires' expose money laundering frenzy

Rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed stopped driving his rented rickshaw on the roads because of the fear that some other investigating agencies might pick him up.PHOTO: AFP.

KARACHI (AFP): It took rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed a year to save 300 rupees (RM9.38) to buy his daughter a bike, so when he found three billion rupees had passed through an unused bank account in his name, he was stunned ... and scared.

"I started sweating and shivering," said the 43-year-old - just the latest victim of a money laundering scheme that Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has vowed to crush.