DIPLOMATIC FARCE
The adventures of a false diplomat in Ibiza exposed: luxury vehicles, private clubs, cryptocurrency bank and other fantasies
Youcef Aden has been presenting himself for three years in Ibiza as ambassador, foreign minister and treasury minister of the non-existent nation of Hawaii
La Voz De Ibiza, Nov 23, 2024
With his Harley Davidson, an imposing Hummer from which he recently removed the diplomatic plates it used to display, a villa in Sant Josep, Rolls Royce, business cards and gold plates proclaiming non-existent positions , Youcef Aden has managed to impress those who know him.
Behind the glitz and fancy titles lies an extravagant life that includes running private clubs in London and Barcelona and now Ibiza, art galleries, a cryptocurrency bank and a past in the Hollywood film industry .
Given the prolific imagination and diplomatic trickery, everything is done with all due reservations.
What will Bumpy do to vacation on Ibiza?
His real name is Mohamed Youcef Ihaddaden , born in France in 1964. He has been walking the streets of Ibiza for three or four years, taking advantage of his status as a "diplomat."
Ambassador, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Treasury of the Nation of Hawaii is the title he claims to hold on his public social media profiles and what can be seen with the naked eye on the license plate of an office he has rented on the sixth floor of the vertical car park on Calle Carlos III in Ibiza.
This is nonsense no matter how you look at it, since Hawaii is not an independent state but has been part of the United States since 1959....
Bumpy enjoys Mediterranean cuisine with with shirtless Treasurer (left) and some other dude.
According to La Voz de Ibiza , Youcef Aden is the sole administrator of the limited company Sovereign Territory of Hawaii , set up at the end of 2019 and based in Santa Eulària des Riu . The records include other companies that he owned in Barcelona , such as Orratum Capital (2017) and Kapital Trading Desk (2019), the latter having an apparent connection with another of the plaques he displays with the title "Kapital Bank – United Nations (United Nations)" .
Those who have encountered Youcef Aden are divided between astonishment and disbelief. With an exquisite and polite demeanor, various sources that this newspaper has been able to consult have confirmed that he presents himself publicly and openly as a diplomat despite the crude invention he has created , and that he has even claimed this status to try to gain access to clubs in Ibiza by showing a diplomatic badge, obviously false.
He lives on the island with his wife and son, whom he is trying to promote as a DJ. This newspaper has contacted the fake diplomat but has not received a response.
At the Hawaiian embassy , no one answered the door on Friday morning…
Youcef Aden is best known for running the exclusive Victory members' club in London in 2009 , described in a blog at the time as resembling a "film set" and noted for its premium drinks offering, with vodka costing up to £2,000 a bottle .
… According to records, he also set up the companies Crypto Bank LTD and Bitcoin Banque LTD in England , both in 2019.
(He) set up one with the same characteristics in Barcelona in 2022 , under the name of Hedges Club ….
The establishment (which no longer exists) had three rooms…. It seems that part of the decoration of that business venture was used by Youcef Aden in his apartment in Barcelona (at least the charming blue armchair with gold details)….
Youcef Aden's latest venture can be traced back to last year in Ibiza, when he opened his most ambitious project (or actually three projects): the Youcef Aden Galleries , the private club You and Love Ibiza , a space for "local talents".
According to people familiar with the place, it is a space halfway between an art gallery and a nightclub … everything is for sale there, you can reserve a table at YOU to have some cocktails or some delicatessen dishes and at the end of the night take home a painting, a table, or an armchair that you found attractive,” said the 60-year-old according to the Genexigente.com website.….
read … Las andanzas de un falso diplomático en Ibiza al descubierto: vehículos de lujo, clubes privados, banco de criptomonedas y otras fantasías - La Voz De Ibiza Nov 23, 2025
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THE ADVENTURES OF THE FALSE DIPLOMAT
The false diplomat of Ibiza, in decline: he resigns from his posts and refuses to give explanations
Youcef Aden has disassociated himself from the "Nation of Hawaii," an organization in which he operated as a purported ambassador, Treasury Minister, Foreign Minister, and director of the "Financial Police Agency."
La Voz De Ibiza, Dec 11, 2024
The eccentric Youcef Aden (Mohamed Youcef Ihaddaden) , whose adventures were revealed by La Voz de Ibiza days ago , has resigned from the multiple political positions that he claimed to publicly hold in Ibiza, supposedly representing the Nation of Hawaii , an organization that does not have the status of a nation state and lacks international recognition as such .
Until a few days ago, Aden officially presented himself as the ambassador, minister of the Treasury, minister of Foreign Affairs and director of the Financial Police Agency (Security and Crime) of the Nation of Hawaii since August 2021. At least that is what he told whoever ran into him and it could also be seen on the plaques installed at the entrance of an office he has rented on the sixth floor of the vertical car park on Calle Carlos III in Ibiza .
Recently, after the publication of La Voz de Ibiza , Aden has retouched these plaques and has placed the prefix "-ex" before these positions , indicating that he no longer occupies the positions he claimed to occupy.
It is at least striking that someone boasts of being an 'ex-something' and displays it outside his office. After all, it is not common for a person to publicly highlight a position that he no longer holds, at least not in such a "simple" way….
However, Aden's official website has not yet been updated with information about his resignation. There, in addition to recounting his career as a Hollywood fashion designer, banker and owner of luxury private clubs (London, Barcelona and Ibiza) , he describes his "acts of government" as a minister and shows photos of his diplomatic meetings during a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
One fact is striking: in a section of his website he states that he is "preparing to take on a new challenge: the post of Consul in Ibiza, Spain" . Will he continue his political career?…
read … El falso diplomático de Ibiza, en declive: renuncia a sus cargos y se niega a dar explicaciones - La Voz De Ibiza Dec 11, 2024
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IMPLAUSIBLE DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY
The Nation of Hawaii, a reservation home to 80 people that the fake diplomat from Ibiza claims to represent
The adventures of the fake diplomat exposed: Youcef Aden publicly presented himself as a supposed ambassador and multiple minister of an organization that, in 2017, declared to have a territorial base with just 20 homes and 80 inhabitants
La Voz De Ibiza, Jan 7 2025
Youcef Aden (Mohamed Youcef Ihaddaden), known in Ibiza for presenting himself as an ambassador for Hawaii among many other dubious positions and for managing the private club You and other cultural spaces such as the Youcef Aden Galleries and Love Ibiza, has resigned from his multiple and alleged positions within the Nation of Hawaii.
The reality behind this hoax is that the nation of Hawaii that the fake diplomat claims to represent is an organization that defines itself as sovereign and whose leader is the Pu'uhonua activist Dennis "Bumpy" Kanahele, who appears in a photograph with Youcef Aden in Vara de Rey de Ibiza. …
The fake diplomat has refused to offer explanations to La Voz de Ibiza, limiting himself to threatening to take legal action against this media.
Aden claimed to hold such bombastic titles as ambassador, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Treasury and director of the Financial Police Agency (Security and Crime) of the supposed country with which Spain obviously does not maintain diplomatic relations and which does not enjoy any international recognition….
This contrast, between the small size of the community and the "diplomatic" and financial structure that Aden has supposedly set up (a Hawaiian dollar, a fictitious central bank and even a gold-backed NFT) raises questions about its true purposes.
After saying that he assumed most of these positions in August 2021, in recent days he has given an account of his dismissal by retouching the plaques that are located at the entrance of an office he rents on Carlos III Street in Ibiza.
read … The Nation of Hawaii admits that the diplomas used by the fake diplomat are not valid in Spain. - La Voz De Ibiza Jan 7 2025
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