Posted on 08/17/2024 11:20:33 AM PDT by dennisw
Banker's wife Zamira Hajiyeva spent £16m shopping at Harrods over a decade Husband Jahangir was chair of the International Bank of Azerbaijan's board He is serving 16 years in Baku for fraud, abuse of office and embezzlement
The wife of a jailed 'McMafia' banker has agreed to give up a golf club in Ascot and a £14million Knightsbridge mansion following an investigation into fraud and embezzlement.
Zamira Hajiyeva spent £16million shopping at Harrods in a decade, and the Supreme Court upheld two unexplained wealth orders against her.
Known as 'McMafia orders' – after the BBC gangland drama – the seizures were requested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in 2018, and they became the first ever granted in the UK.
NCA investigators tracked funds from the IBA being transferred through accounts in jurisdictions including the British Virgin Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Panama, Cyprus and Luxembourg.
The money was then channelled into luxury assets for the Hajiyev family.
A British Virgin Islands company solely owned by an associate of Jahangir was used to buy the five-bedroom mansion before the property was transferred into an offshore trust, also set up in the BVI.
Banker wife fails in bid to overturn 'McMafia' asset freeze: Woman who spent £16m shopping at Harrods loses appeal against £22million confiscation order
In her attempt to thwart the order, the High Court heard Mrs Hajiyeva splashed out more than £16m on shopping sprees at Harrods between 2006 and 2016 – including £600,000 in one day.
Court documents revealed that she spent £4million at jewellers Boucheron, as well as £1m in the toys department and £30,000 on chocolates from the Belgian brand Godiva.
Mrs Hajiyeva's husband Jahangir was chairman of the board of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA).
He is serving a 16-year jail term in Baku
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Azerbaijan banker/crook/embezzler is in prison, paying for his crimes. Now it has been determined that his insanely spendthrift wife, will have to cough millions to the UK Government. Because she was spending millions of his ill-gotten gains.
IOW she participated in his criminal enterprise.
Now we know why Kramer always wanted to be a banker.
Same reason as John Dillinger.
Good old traditional British names, these people have.
Who dat
Cougar
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