Jailed Banker’s Wife Surrenders £14 Million UK House and Golf Club

Published on August 6, 2024

The wife of a banker who was jailed in Azerbaijan for fraud and embezzlement has agreed to surrender a £14 million house in London and a golf club to the National Crime Agency. Zamira Hajiyeva, who is chronicled as having spent £16 million at Harrods over the space of 10 years, has given up the house in Knightsbridge and the golf club in Ascot following a civil recovery investigation by the NCA. Her husband, Jahangir Hajiyev, was the chairman of the state-controlled International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) between 2001 and 2015 but is currently serving a 16-year jail sentence in the Azeri capital, Baku. In June 2023 the NCA filed a claim for civil recovery at the High Court in London....

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