Exclusive interview: Accused Dubai businessman who founded Abraaj Group defends his reputation days before his arrest Businessman Arif Naqvi sought to defend his reputation just days before his arrest in London claiming that nobody had a “bad word to say about him” despite the collapse of his multi-billion-dollar private equity fund. In rare comments after leaving the UAE in the wake of the scandal, Mr Naqvi sought to deflect questions about the failure of the Abraaj Group he founded.