But he became much more than that, and his penchant for social media provides an unparalleled record of Zarrab’s globe-trotting lifestyle of superyachts, personal submarines, fast cars and partying with celebrities. He chronicled travel on Zarrab’s Bombardier Challenger 300 private jet, helicopter hops to Saint Tropez for lunch, and 700-euro bottles of limited edition Beluga vodka at dinner. Turkish media in 2015 further documented Zarrab’s purchase of a second private jet, a Gulfstream G550 worth $58 million, through Are Havacilik, a Turkish company he owned. It was an opulent life made possible by money from one of the world’s most repressive regimes.
