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| 'McMafia' wife's £16MILLION shopping list is revealed - Daily Mail Posted: 28 May 2019 12:00 AM PDT  Court documents have today revealed a breakdown of how Zamira Hajiyeva, 55, pictured, spent £16million at Harrods between 2006 and 2016 The shopping list of luxuries bought by the first woman in the UK to be slapped with an Unexplained Wealth Order can be revealed for the first time today. Zamira Hajiyeva, 55, spent £16million in Harrods between September 2006 and June 2016 while living just yards away from the world famous department store in an £11.5million Knightsbridge home. Now High Court documents reveal she spent £4million at jewellers Boucheron during the lavish 10-year spree, as well as another £1million on toys, £1.75million at Cartier and £30,000 in one payment to gourmet Belgian chocolate chain Godiva. The records also show she splashed out £600,000 in just one day at Harrods and also spent £3million through gift cards and reward schemes. But the documents only break down the spending by department and do not show individual items purchased. Mrs Hajiyeva, the wife of jailed Azerbaijani banker Jahangir Hajiyev, 57, was targeted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) when so-called McMafia anti-corruption laws came into force last year. Two Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) have been granted against the mother-of-three which allow UK authorities to freeze her assets unless she can explain how they were obtained without criminal activity. Today's documents reveal transactions made by Mrs Hajiyeva linked to three separate loyalty cards and 35 credit cards issued by her husband's bank, and are detailed across 95 pages. The NCA also wants to know how the couple could afford to buy the Knightsbridge house and a £10.5million golf club in Ascot, Berkshire. Mrs Hajiyeva has appealed the granting of the orders and a hearing will take place at the High Court in due course.  Today's documents reveal transactions made by Mrs Hajiyeva linked to three separate loyalty cards and 35 credit cards issued by her husband's bank, and are detailed across 95 pages  Mrs Hajiyeva, pictured in Knightsbridge last November, became the first woman in the UK to be slapped with an Unexplained Wealth Order under new anti-corruption laws which gives authorities power to freeze assets worth more than £50,000 unless she can explain how she paid for them   The mother-of-three has challenged the orders and today's documents show she spent a total of £4million at luxury jewellers Boucheron and £1.75million at Cartier. Pictured left is a £1.2m diamond Cartier ring and right is a £120,000 Boucheron sapphire and ruby serpent pendant. Both have since been seized by the NCA  The NCA is also demanding to know how Mrs Hajiyeva and jailed ex-banker husband Jahangir Hajiyev, 57, afforded this £11.5million home in Knightsbridge, bought in 2009  The couple are also being investigated over Mill Ride Golf Club, pictured, in Berkshire which was bought for £10.5 million in 2013 The NCA has also seized various items of jewellery from Mrs Hajiyeva worth a combined £400,000 that she was due to sell at Christie's as part of the overall investigation, while a £1million Cartier diamond ring has also been taken by officers. Her husband was arrested in his native Azerbaijan in December 2015 accused of embezzling more than £100 million from the the International Bank of Azerbaijan, of which he was chairman. He is currently serving a 15-year jail sentence in the country for fraud and embezzlement. Today's documents reveal transactions made by Mrs Hajiyeva linked to three separate loyalty cards and 35 credit cards issued by her husband's bank, and are detailed across 95 pages. Because the documents only show spending by department, it is possible she picked up goods from one section of the store and then paid for them in another. Some of the bigger transactions, including six-figure sums, are not itemised at all or appear in categories such as 'international' or 'non-trade services'.  Today's papers also showed the mother-of-spree spent £600,000 in one day at Harrods, pictured, and also paid £30,000 for one transaction with Belgian chocolate chain Godiva. The documents break down the spending by department, but do not show individual items   Former chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan Mr Hajiyev, left, was jailed for 15 years in 2015 for fraud and embezzlement. Mrs Hajiyeva is also facing extradition to Azerbaijan over allegations of embezzlement and has been released on bail pending a hearing The Harrods website states its black tier reward scheme, for customers who spend more than £10,000 a year, offers three points for every £1 spent, with 500 points earning £5. So, for spending £16 million, Mrs Hajiyeva could have built up £480,000, although the £16 million figure already includes £3 million spending in gift cards and benefits. Other documents reveal Mrs Hajiyeva made 38 visits to a Harrods safe deposit box between January 2011 and April 2016. To use the scheme, customers must sign an agreement that they will not store more than 15,000 Euros (£13,200) in cash and will not keep 'articles which are unlawful or which in Harrods' reasonable opinion might damage the reputation of Harrods'. The agreement also states: 'I understand this proviso includes any proceeds of crime anywhere in the world.' Her husband was the chairman of the state-controlled International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) from 2001 until his resignation in 2015 and was subsequently sentenced to 15 years for fraud and embezzlement.  The NCA has also seized this Magic Alhambra bracelet made by French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels that was bought for Mrs Hajiyeva by her husband for nearly £300,000 in San Moritz in 2008. It has since been valued at just £20,000   Other items of jewellery she has had seized are a Cartier diamond Panthere pendant, left, worth around £9,000 and a diamond cluster and bar necklace, right, worth about £6,000 The court ordered him to pay the IBA around 39 million US dollars (around £30 million) and confiscated his watch, worth around £50,000, a gold plaque inscribed with his name and position, and a gold coin. Mrs Hajiyeva, who was granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK in 2015, is also facing extradition to Azerbaijan over allegations of embezzlement. Her application to the Home Office for a visa meant for wealthy investors included evidence of a Swiss bank account with deposited funds 'in excess of £1 million', while a sum of just over £1 million was invested in UK Government bonds. The UWO, which is part of the Criminal Finance Act, enables British authorities to freeze and recover the property of individuals who are unable to explain how they acquired assets worth more than £50,000. An UWO can be enforced by the National Crime Agency, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Serious Fraud Office or the Crown Prosecution Service. However Ms Hajiyeva denies her assets are the proceeds of crime, claiming her wealth is the result of husband's skillful investments. While never earning more than £54,000 a year at the bank, the couple assumed huge wealth, buying their Knightsbridge property for £11.5 million in cash in 2009 through a company registered in the British Virgin Islands. It now has an estimated value of £15 million. The Mill Ride Golf Club was bought for £10.5 million in 2013 by a Guernsey-based company, but investigators believe both properties are ultimately owned by Mrs Hajiyeva and her husband. A newly released document outlining Mr Hajiyeva's net worth in 2011 said he owned a £15million villa on the Italian island of Sardinia, as well as a £5million house and a £2million flat in Baku. Investigators also believe the couple had access to a $42.5million (around £33million) Gulfstream G550 jet bought by another company linked to Mr Hajiyev. In witness statements submitted to the High Court, the NCA said Mrs Hajiyeva may have needed to raise money to maintain her lifestyle following her husband's arrest, with high-value jewellery worth more than £1.5 million sold off at Christies between December 2015 and June 2016. A £1.1 million Cartier diamond ring, as well as 49 items of jewellery worth more than £400,000 have been seized by the NCA. When Mrs Hajiyeva unsuccessfully attempted to overturn one of the UWOs in October, her lawyers claimed her husband's conviction was the result of a 'show trial' and that his guilt 'had been determined by the presidential administration in advance'. 'The decision of the High Court upholding the grant of an Unexplained Wealth Order against Zamira Hajiyeva does not and should not be taken to imply any wrongdoing, whether on her part or that of her husband,' they said. They also said the UWO was part of an investigative process, not a criminal procedure, and did not involve the finding of any criminal offence. Mrs Hajiyeva came to the attention of the NCA because of her credit card spending and effective control of a Knightsbridge house, now worth £15 million, the High Court heard. Lawyers for the NCA claimed her husband was a state employee between 1993 and 2015 and would not have had a large enough legitimate salary to fund their lifestyle. In a witness statement submitted to the High Court, Mrs Hajiyeva insisted her husband was 'innocent' and had faced a 'completely unfair' trial in Azerbaijan, where he was jailed for 15 years for fraud and embezzlement. She said he was 'a man of substantial means' who was 'very well-off' when they married in 1997 and had a number of business interests before joining the International Bank of Azerbaijan.  As chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan, Mr Hajiyev and his wife enjoyed all the privileges of the super-wealthy including a private jet like the Gulfstream that is pictured in this file photo, worth about £33million  The couple's daughter Leyla and her husband Anar Makmudov live in this home in London She said the house was bought after she was kidnapped in Azerbaijan, which 'involved me being held in atrocious conditions for 28 days'. 'After that, I was scared to leave the house in Azerbaijan, and was not happy there at all,' she said. 'We therefore decided as a family that I should move to London with the children, while my husband would continue working in Azerbaijan.' Mrs Hajiyeva has been granted permission to appeal the High Court's decision by the Court of Appeal. She had been desperate to keep her name out of the news, with her lawyers asking for all court proceedings to be held in private. However successive judges in the High Court and the Court of Appeal have refused applications to keep her anonymous. A Harrods spokeswoman said: 'As with any investigation, Harrods has comprehensively and ardently cooperated with all appropriate authorities and assisted with all inquiries. 'Harrods' compliance with, and adherence to, the strongest anti-money laundering policies is a fundamental principle of the company's operations. 'In this instance, where Harrods cooperated with a wider investigation, there has never been any suggestion that Harrods has operated in any way other than in full compliance with the highest regulatory and legal standards.' |
| Three women charged in New York affordable housing bribery scheme - Daily Mail Posted: 21 May 2019 12:00 AM PDT Three women are accused of taking almost $900,000 in bribes, which they spent on fur coats, designer handbags and property in Florida, to help people snatch affordable New York apartments from thousands of families waiting on a list. Anna Treybich, 71, Irina Zeltser, 66, and Karina Andriyan, 38, were charged on Tuesday for allegedly carrying out the housing bribery scheme in Brooklyn over the past six years while they ran a housing corporation board. The three women were in charge of the process for which prospective buyers applied for high-demand cooperative apartments at the Luna Park Housing Corporation in Coney Island. The Brooklyn District Attorney's office said the women accepted a total of $874,000 in bribes - ranging from $10,000 to $120,000 from ineligible applicants. Scroll down for video  Anna Treybich, 71, is seen outside court in handcuffs in Brooklyn, New York on Tuesday  Karina Andriyan, 38, is seen outside court on Tuesday. She was arraigned on corruption and bribery charges  Irina Zeltser, 66, center in black is lead into court ahead of Karina Andriyan, 38 ( wearing pink) on Tuesday  The three women were in charge of the process for which prospective buyers applied for high-demand cooperative apartments (above) at the Luna Park Housing Corporation at Coney Island in Brooklyn The scheme involved 18 apartments and the market value of those properties is estimated to be about $5 million in total. The apartments were sold at prices significantly lower than market value and were in high demand. The scheme allowed the ineligible applicants to jump ahead of the thousands of people waiting patiently for an affordable apartment, prosecutors said. Some of the eligible applicants on the list had been waiting decades for an apartment in the five-building complex made up of studio, one, two and three bedroom apartments. Treybich and Zeltser served on the Board of Directors of Luna Park as the president and treasurer. Andriyan was the office manager and her job was to process the applications and maintain the waiting lists approved by the New York City Housing Preservation and Development Corporation. Applicants for the apartment complex fell into three categories: Internal applicants wanting to move from one apartment to another; external applicants who had no prior ownership; and applicants who lived with owners and were seeking successor ownership rights.  The three women are accused of accepting a total of $874,000 in bribes, which they then spent on dozens of fur coats and designer handbags  The designer bags, shoes, jewelry and clothing were seized by authorities when they executed search warrants on their homes  Cartier rings and Chanel necklaces were among the items the women allegedly bought with the bribes they received from the housing scheme The applications were supposed to be maintained in the order they were received. In exchange for the bribes, prosecutors say the women prepared and submitted forged and fake documents to the housing department. Prosecutors say the housing department routinely approved all applications submitted by the Luna Park management office because they relied on their screening and application review. Some of those forged or fake documents included income verification and birth certificates to prove family relationships for those applying for successor ownership rights.  Andriyan, 38, is seen speaking outside the court on Tuesday. The three women also allegedly purchased apartments in Florida with the bribes In one instance, Zeltser allegedly received a cash bribe of $93,000 to help an applicant buy a three-bedroom apartment in January 2013. Zeltser allegedly told the applicant she would need to apply as a successor tenant and claim the woman on record as the tenant was her sister. Prosecutors said the housing department approved the application after a fake birth certificate was handed over indicating the applicant and current owner were siblings. Treybich also allegedly solicited a $26,000 cash payment from an applicant in March 2015 to purchase a three-bedroom apartment. The applicant gave Treybich a birth certificate, a marriage certificate and a passport. Treybich is accused of altering those documents to falsely claim the buyer and tenant were brother and sister.  In exchange for the bribes, prosecutors say the women prepared and submitted forged and fake documents to the housing department, including marriage and birth certificates  They allegedly forged the documents so ineligible applicants could apply for successor ownership rights by claiming they were a relative When authorities raided the homes of each of the women, they allegedly found dozens of fur coats, designer handbags and jewelry they had purchased with the bribes. The three women also allegedly purchased apartments in Florida with the bribes. Authorities started investigating in 2017 after receiving a tip from a member of the public. 'These defendants allegedly conspired to corrupt the process by which eligible prospective tenants could have access to affordable housing in Brooklyn, and then used their illegal proceeds to fund lavish lifestyles,' District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said. 'Their alleged greed cheated people who were entitled to apartments that instead went to those willing to pay bribes.' Treybich, Zeltser and Andriyan are charged with fourth and fifth degree conspiracy, second degree grand larceny, second degree forgery, first degree falsifying business records, first degree offering a false instrument for filing and first degree commercial bribe receiving. They will be arraigned in Brooklyn District Court on Tuesday.  Zelsterand Treybich bought apartments in Hollywood Beach, Florida (above) with the proceeds of the alleged bribes  The balcony of Treybich's condo in Florida is pictured above. Prosecutors say she used money from the bribes to purchase the condo |
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