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The secrets of a decade of unbridled extravagance are laid bare today by the release of details of the spending habits of one of Harrods most loyal, and controversial, customers.
Newly released court documents reveal how Zamira Hajiyeva, 55, wife of a jailed Azerbaijani banker and the subject of Britain’s first unexplained wealth order (UWO), spent £16,309,077 at Harrods between 2006-16.
Maison Boucheron, where she spent £3.5 million, and Cartier, where she splashed out almost £1.9 million, topped the list of brands that attracted the most spending.
£998,000 was categorised “international”, which is understood to refer to the store’s international fashion department.
Some items are markedly more mundane with fruit and veg amounting to just £7,733; wines and spirits accounting for £15,771 and charcuterie totalling £5,645. Chocolates seem to have been more important and she spent almost £36,000 on the upmarket Godiva brand. (£69 per week on chocolate
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Newly released court documents reveal how Zamira Hajiyeva, 55, wife of a jailed Azerbaijani banker and the subject of Britain’s first unexplained wealth order (UWO), spent £16,309,077 at Harrods between 2006-16.
Maison Boucheron, where she spent £3.5 million, and Cartier, where she splashed out almost £1.9 million, topped the list of brands that attracted the most spending.
£998,000 was categorised “international”, which is understood to refer to the store’s international fashion department.
Some items are markedly more mundane with fruit and veg amounting to just £7,733; wines and spirits accounting for £15,771 and charcuterie totalling £5,645. Chocolates seem to have been more important and she spent almost £36,000 on the upmarket Godiva brand. (£69 per week on chocolate
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I'm not surprised. Have you seen their prices? £5.50 for a cup of tea: worse than Starbucks!
Sounds like she had the job doing the Betfair Xmas hampers 
more interested in what she did with the chocolate 
is she hot
and 25k a week probably not so extravagant
is she hot
and 25k a week probably not so extravagant
Is the actual list of her spending online anywhere? Most of the media reports say they were provided with the actual itemised spending. Was wondering whether there was a PDF/other link somewhere.
Better spending it in the UK than sitting in a Cayman Island bank account. Pity she wasn't introduced to the Betfair Exchange!!
When people spend like that they have no clue about the money they are giving out. So its more a question of how much the store is willing to charge them. If you showed the receipts to her she would probably not believe it herself, that is if she had an idea how much the value of that amount of money is.
A friend of mine worked at Harrods during her studies in London. I am assuming Harrods is a very expensive store? Anyhow, she had a classmate who was the son of some arabic price or king or something. The guy did not have any clue about the worth of money. According to her he would buy everything from Harrods. Once he asked her how much she made at Harrods. She told her 800 pounds. The fker thought that was her hourly pay. After a certain amount of money people stop counting.
A friend of mine worked at Harrods during her studies in London. I am assuming Harrods is a very expensive store? Anyhow, she had a classmate who was the son of some arabic price or king or something. The guy did not have any clue about the worth of money. According to her he would buy everything from Harrods. Once he asked her how much she made at Harrods. She told her 800 pounds. The fker thought that was her hourly pay. After a certain amount of money people stop counting.
I am assuming Harrods is a very expensive store?
Slightly more than Lidl.
Slightly more than Lidl.
She could have paid Alexis Sanchez's wages for 7.5 months.
May 29, 2019 -- 1:39AM, lybertyne wrote:
She could have paid Alexis Sanchez's wages for 7.5 months.
then she would really have wasted it!
May 29, 2019 -- 12:18AM, detraveller wrote:
When people spend like that they have no clue about the money they are giving out. So its more a question of how much the store is willing to charge them. If you showed the receipts to her she would probably not believe it herself, that is if she had an idea how much the value of that amount of money is. A friend of mine worked at Harrods during her studies in London. I am assuming Harrods is a very expensive store? Anyhow, she had a classmate who was the son of some arabic price or king or something. The guy did not have any clue about the worth of money. According to her he would buy everything from Harrods. Once he asked her how much she made at Harrods. She told her 800 pounds. The fker thought that was her hourly pay. After a certain amount of money people stop counting.
They probably never actually see cash, just numbers/cards and precious metals/jewels
In the Piers Morgan Alan Sugar programme, they look at Sugar's private jet and Piers says, so you've spent £30 million just to avoid the queue at the airport. Sugar thinks for a minute then says, yes.
But as @Clydebank29 said earlier, better to spend it (which gives people jobs) than keep it under the mattress.
But as @Clydebank29 said earlier, better to spend it (which gives people jobs) than keep it under the mattress.
What I don't get is, was this a laundering thing, was she taking what she acquired and selling it on?
Or was she just spending it for the sake of spending money, when she's spending that much on a "Disney Makeover" or something - it sounds like outrageous greed for the sake of it? Who does she think she is being so shallow and profligate, a premiership footballers wife?
Or was she just spending it for the sake of spending money, when she's spending that much on a "Disney Makeover" or something - it sounds like outrageous greed for the sake of it? Who does she think she is being so shallow and profligate, a premiership footballers wife?
Rich foreigners buy expensive houses in London for three reasons:
1) money laundering; they are taking their nicked assets and converting them into the bricks and mortar equivalent of gold bars under the bed. Later on, these can be sold (and prices can only go up, can't they?).
2) they like London, and who wouldn't? When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, as Boris Johnson said.
3) a bolt-hole in case there is a coup in the home country; this looks a bit like (1) except that the assets were acquired legitimately.
Trouble is, the difference between 1 and 3 -- whether assets were stolen or earned -- is often a political question as much as a legal one.
1) money laundering; they are taking their nicked assets and converting them into the bricks and mortar equivalent of gold bars under the bed. Later on, these can be sold (and prices can only go up, can't they?).
2) they like London, and who wouldn't? When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, as Boris Johnson said.
3) a bolt-hole in case there is a coup in the home country; this looks a bit like (1) except that the assets were acquired legitimately.
Trouble is, the difference between 1 and 3 -- whether assets were stolen or earned -- is often a political question as much as a legal one.
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, as Boris Johnson said." 
Incredibly important story this. Has been going on for decades and out of every country in the world we're frankly among the worst for enabling the theft and subsequent laundering of billions.
Her husband stole millions upon millions from Azerbaijan. Next step is to use it to buy stuff. But you can't just put your name to it. You create a shell company in Jersey, which is owned by a shell company in Curacao, itself owned by similar in Nevada, Estonia, Gibraltar etc. You choose these places because they are happy to obstruct attempts to find out the true source. If one area is clamped down, as Switzerland has been them you get others ready to step in as we're seeing in several US states such as Nevada and delaware.
This is a new tactic in stopping it though and could be pretty effective. Would be interesting to see though if the NCA were seeking to repatriate the money or keep it here.
By the way, every one needs to read Moneyland. It should be on school syllabuses frankly. Find out what's really going on while we're being kidded that benefit fraud is a huge problem.
Her husband stole millions upon millions from Azerbaijan. Next step is to use it to buy stuff. But you can't just put your name to it. You create a shell company in Jersey, which is owned by a shell company in Curacao, itself owned by similar in Nevada, Estonia, Gibraltar etc. You choose these places because they are happy to obstruct attempts to find out the true source. If one area is clamped down, as Switzerland has been them you get others ready to step in as we're seeing in several US states such as Nevada and delaware.
This is a new tactic in stopping it though and could be pretty effective. Would be interesting to see though if the NCA were seeking to repatriate the money or keep it here.
By the way, every one needs to read Moneyland. It should be on school syllabuses frankly. Find out what's really going on while we're being kidded that benefit fraud is a huge problem.
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