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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Martin Bentham

Zamira Hajiyeva: Jailed banker's wife ordered to explain how she paid for Knightsbridge home and golf course

A jailed banker’s wife accused of buying a multi-million pound Knightsbridge home and a Berkshire golf course with the proceeds of a huge fraud has been ordered by the High Court to explain how she funded her extravagant purchases.

Zamira Hajiyeva, who also went on a £16 million spending spree at Harrods, wanted to have action by the National Crime Agency to seize her properties halted on the grounds that her husband Jahangir is in prison in Baku for carrying out the fraud and unable to take part in the legal proceedings.

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