Jailed Banker’s Wife Loses U.K. Fight Over Freeze on House
- Hajiyeva was first target of U.K.’s unexplained wealth orders
- Hajiyeva spent $20.9 million without clear funding source
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The wife of a jailed Azeri banker lost her fight to overturn the U.K.’s first unexplained-wealth order -- a tool heralded by police that forces individuals to prove that their funds are from legitimate sources.
Zamira Hajiyeva, who was identified last year as part of a British crackdown on foreigners linked to overseas corruption, had fought the order after arguing that her husband’s conviction was “grossly unfair.”