British court may seize properties worth 22 million from Zamira Hajiyeva

Baku. 18 January. REPORT.AZ/ Two UWOs were granted against the Azerbaijani banker's wife Zamira Hajiyeva - who owns Mill Ride Golf Club - concerning properties worth a total of £22 million under so-called McMafia laws.

Report informs citing British media that Hajiyeva has refused requests to explain the source of her extraordinary wealth.

According to local media, if she continues to fail to reveal the origin of her fortune, the courts could seize her properties including a £11.5m five-bedroom home in Knightsbridge and a £10.5m golf and country club in Ascot.

Notably, according to the information from BBC, over ten years Zamira Hajiyeva spent more than £16m in Harrods - the equivalent of more than £4,000 a day.

Examples of her big spending, revealed to the court, included £150,000 spent on a single day on Boucheron - a luxury jewellery, perfume and watches brand.

The next day, the court heard, she topped up the wine cellar by spending £1,800.

On another occasion she spent £100,000 on Cartier jewellery and £20,000 on luxury men's goods.

Official records reveal the couple also own two dedicated bays within the private Harrods car park and Hajiyeva also bought a $42m Gulfstream G550 jet.