He was the boy who sold Kerala a dream—quick-witted, and charming. In the mid-2000s, nineteen-year-old Shabarinath promised to double your money, and people believed him. Film stars, business magnates, and even judicial officers poured crores into his company, Total4U.

The parties were lavish, the returns dazzling, until the cracks showed. What followed was a collapse that revealed black money trails, an abduction, luxury cars seized, and a three-year run as a fugitive.

This episode of Kerala Crime Files unpacks the rise and fall of a teenager who turned charm into a weapon and left an entire state counting its losses.

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