In Britain, a woman was arrested who spent ? 16m shopping in London’s most expensive department store, Harrods. She faces extradition, reports the Air Force.
55-year-old Zamira Khadzhiyeva - wife of the former head of the State Bank of Azerbaijan, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stealing funds.
A woman lives in a house worth 15 million pounds, became the first foreign citizen who attracted the attention of the National Agency for Combating Crime in accordance with the new law on combating money laundering.
The British authorities demanded that she explain the source of her wealth..
Khadzhiyeva’s lawyers claim that she is a “spender,” but not a fraud.
As it became known, Khadzhiev was arrested last week, at the request of extradition from the government of Baku.
Against her, accused of embezzling funds.
The judge allowed a woman to be released on bail of half a million pounds, but prosecutors appealed, fearing that she would flee the country, so the woman remains in custody.
Lawyers advocate for bail, arguing that their client will not leave the country because she moved to Britain more than ten years ago and her children live in this country.