Earlier this year, the United Arab Emirates was rocked by one of its biggest financial scandals ever. B. R. Shetty, an Indian businessman, who had come to the UAE as a street vendor of medicines and medical materials four decades ago, fled from the country, leaving approximately debts of over 7 billion US dollars behind.
But the way Shetty rose to the top of his career as a prominent businessman and the way he fell can cast light on the inner workings of business in the UAE. After all, the devil is in the detail.