UK Recovers £18.5m in Assets Linked to Azeri Banker’s Fraud

Zamira Hajiyeva forfeits luxury properties after lengthy NCA investigation into unexplained wealth.

The National Crime Agency recovered a Knightsbridge mansion and an Ascot golf club worth £18.5m.
Zamira Hajiyeva, wife of jailed banker Jahangir Hajiyev, agreed to forfeit the properties.
The assets were acquired through fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering involving the International Bank of Azerbaijan.
The case marks the first use of the UK’s unexplained wealth orders, introduced in 2018.
The NCA traced the complex movement of illicit funds through multiple offshore accounts.