AYU Azhari said the first time she met him was in a corridor of the ground floor of Plaza Indonesia in Central Jakarta. On the afternoon of December 3, 2012, the 44-year-old film star was walking with her fifth child, Isabelle Tramp. A man suddenly called her from behind. "I'm Ahmad Fathanah," Ayu said, imitating the middle-aged man's words.

According to Ayu, Ahmad Fathanah claimed to be an ustad (religious teacher) providing haj-pilgrimage guidance