This parody & sarcasm fans website is dedicated to our master of
smoke and mirrors - Hambini, a Youtube reamer also known as Sanjeev
Varah. Pen is Working! It is a collection of facts and observations
found publicly on internet over time so you can assess his public
figure persona.
Sanjeev aka Hambini is presenting himself as a highly skilled
engineer with specialisation in aerodynamics, who has access to Aero
tunnel and is also associated with an aviation company. But is it all
smoke and mirrors? Buckle up for the ride.
Hambini about himself in one of his videos: (Update- now
apparently removed by Hambini)
LINDSEY OIL REFINERY - PRAX
Sanjeev aka Hambini is actually working at an OIL REFINERY called
PRAX (previously known as TOTAL) which is located about 15 miles from
his house in Grimsby. His position in the company seems to be
“rotating equipment engineer” based on public records.
Which means a manual worker operating the CNC machines to keep the
rotating equipment in the refinery going. His colleagues at work also
confirm the above. Apparently, he is somewhat unpopular because of
his side business (on that later). The records show he has been
working there since at least 2011.
Hambini is seen at the grocery store to purchase lunch before heading
to work. GoLocal store Grimsby.
For any questions related to Hambini’s employment please
contact HR manager at Prax (Total) Alison.procter@total.com
It seems that an oil refinery has nothing to do with aerospace nor
with aerodynamics and certainly has no aero tunnel, which Hambini
claims to have access to, and seems to be providing aero results
from, on multiple occasions. His salary would not allow him to have
access to commercially available aero tunnels even for one day as
many fans correctly pointed out.
However, this explains well why Hambini has a good knowledge of the
bearings and rotating equipment in general, and the reason why he
produces bottom brackets.
PhD, Masters degree in Aerodynamics
PhD graduates are publicly listed at every University in the UK. His
name is nowhere to be found.
However, it seems he does have a Masters degree from the University
of Bath in the UK.
Sanjeev Varah aka Hambini seems not to have any work-related
experience in Aerodynamics, Aerospace engineering, or Military
aircraft. All those claims stem from the fact he did certain
university group projects in Finite Element Analysis as a student in
2005.
This > PDF < document shows
it quite well. On page 27 we can see he has been calculating in Ansys
software some Rolls-Royce turbine engine blades. This is apparently
what he claims as “Working with known companies” and
“Specialisation in High Speed and Unsteady Aerodynamics”.
He also claims to have specialisation or affiliation with
“predominantly Military Aircraft”. This claim stems from
the student project he did in 2005 as part of the group. Page 31 in
the pdf
He also seems to have had a very short apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce
while being a student.
100+ patents claim
Sanjeev Varah aka Hambini must have forgotten that patents and their
inventors, assignees, and owners are publicly disclosed in
Google patents that everyone has access to since 2001 (Sanjeev
graduated school in 2005). All you need to know is someone’s
full name. If a person was involved in the patent development he
would be listed as an inventor. The patent owner would be an assignee
– a company that owns and pays for the patenting process.
Google patents website clearly shows he is not listed as an assignee
nor inventor on any of the patents Globally.
According to some of his work colleagues, Hambini (rotating equipment
engineer) seems to be manufacturing those very bottom brackets
himself during working hours at PRAX without the company’s
knowledge.
It seems immoral considering the outrageous prices he charges for his
bottom brackets.
Companies he “worked with”
Hambini boldly claims that he has worked with NASA, Lockheed Martin,
Ferrari, Renault F1, Toyota WRC, FIA.
Based on Hambini’s previous statements, one may be tricked into
thinking that he may have been involved in providing some
“aerodynamic services”. However, there is another thing
those companies have in common – the need for specially refined
petrol and oils. Prax /Total oil refinery, at which Sanjeev works, is
a sponsor or supplier of special oils and petrol to all those
companies.
Two World Tour teams “using” his parts
Out of all 18 World teams that were contacted none confirmed that
statement.
Update - This information seems to be now removed from the
hambini.com website.
UK tax avoidance scheme?
Sanjeev’s Hambini company registration and billing address
appear to be 21 Augusta Close, Grimsby DN34 4TQ, United Kingdom
according to his own public website:
https://www.hambini.com/terms-and-conditions/
The public HM land registry in the UK shows that this house indeed
belongs to Sanjeev Varah and his wife Cassie.
However, the public UK VAT registration documents show that the owner
of the company is actually his father Sri Varah who is a retired
Health Advocate (according to Linkedin) and is entitled to sizable
benefits which Sanjeev himself would not be entitled to. The main
benefit of such a structure is to avoid paying National Insurance
Class 4 contributions in the UK that provide savings of more than 10%
on the profits (and deprive public services of funds). It would also
hide the fact that Hambini has a side manufacturing business to his
current employer.
Hambini's VAT number is listed on his website: 347867351
Even more interesting fact is why his own wife, a GP (General
Practitioner – a medical doctor for those outside the UK)
Cassie Varah has in her own company, registered under the same
address as Hambini’s business, two company activities:
71129 - Other engineering activities
86220 - Specialist medical practice activities
The second one (86220) is obvious because of the result of her
education and NHS records. The engineering activity however seems to
be artificially added to distribute in part the revenue and/or costs
Hambini is generating onto his wife's company and therefore
significantly lower his and her income taxes by changing the income
tax brackets.
It seems he is involved in a tax avoidance scheme which is illegal in
the UK.
From July 1 2021 VAT regulations in EU were changed for the UK since
it left the bloc. Every British company that sells goods to the EU
seems to be obliged to register for EU VAT and pay relevant VAT rates
to respective EU countries.
Hambini appears to be fully aware of the situation judging by his
post on his website. However, there are no records of his company
registration in EU checker that is publicly accessible:
Update- that page seems to be also removed from his website.
Disappearing information
It looks as if Hambini is trying to hide his real name on the
Internet because, with it, all his claims can be validated, or not….
Many fans reported disappearing information about him on Reddit, on
his own page, and on other public pages where information about his
employment was previously publicly shown.
Hambini can’t handle criticism
Most fans reported disappearing Youtube comments under his videos.
Pretty much every comment that is questioning his claims or doesn’t
align with his views is quietly removed and some users are even
banned.
Hambini supports RUSSIA
It seems Hambini is still supporting Russian actions as his website
is actively selling products to this country.
Hambini doesn’t pay taxes from Patreon?
It seems Hambini is concealing the income received from his
supporters from HMRC (UK tax office).
Patreon is an U.S. entity and according to their page they do not
withhold any income taxes for non US persons. Sanjeev was born in Sri
Lanka and emigrated to the UK. He became a British passport holder
and with the filling of W8BEN form, Patreon will simply not report
his payouts to the British tax office because he is a non US person.
Considering his current number of supporters that is about 10,000$ of
untaxed profit per year.
*Photo taken from Pinterest public domain. Sanjeev is seen with his
GP wife asking for support.
If you also would like to help Hambini’s wife and other
struggling young doctors in the UK we encourage you to send donations
to: https://rmbf.org/
Donations may significantly impact the lives of struggling GPs in the
country and in return greatly improve NHS services that we sadly all
know are lagging behind, especially in smaller towns like Grimsby or
Doncaster.
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debunking all his wild publicly made claims. All information
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