Indian-origin boy lauded as Britain’s youngest accountant
London: A 15-year-old Indian-origin boy has been lauded as Britain’s youngest accountant after setting up a successful accountancy firm while still at school. Ranveer Singh Sandhu, based in south London, has set himself a goal of becoming a millionaire by the time he turns 25 after he set up his first business when he was aged just 12 years.
“Young Entrepreneur aged 15 living my best life and trying to make money,” he proclaims on social media. The schoolboy says he knew from a very early age that he wanted to become an accountant and financial adviser to help fellow young entrepreneurs set up their dream businesses.
He charges between 12 pounds to 15 pounds per hour for his services and boasts of 10 paying clients.
“It isn’t that hard juggling school and my business, I haven’t had that much stress,” he told the Daily Mirror. “My plan for the future is to become a millionaire and expand my business,” he said.
The teenager completed an online accounting course to achieve a requisite Level 3 CPD Basic Accounting certificate when he was 12 and went on to set up his business Digital Accounts in June 2016. (PTI)
US teen claims Apple’s face recognition led to his false arrest
Washington: A teenager based in New York is suing Apple for USD 1 billion, over a false arrest he says took place because of what he believes to be Apple’s facial recognition system.
The 18-year-old Ousmane Bah, who was arrested at his home in November last year, alleges that the warrant he was served included someone else’s photo, the Washington Post reported.
The lawsuit also claims that a detective with the New York Police Department concluded that the thief caught by a store surveillance camera “looked nothing like” Bah. It further cites the detective to say that Apple uses facial recognition software to identify shoplifters.
Apple declined to comment on the lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, but said that it does not use such technology in its stores.
Bah was arrested after he was falsely linked to a series of Apple Store thefts in Boston, New Jersey, Delaware and Manhattan.
Bah has claimed said his interim driver learner’s permit, which does not have a photo, had been either lost or stolen. (ANI)
