Mystery Banker's Wife Unmasked in Fight for Golf Club, Home
- Golf club, house near Harrods linked to Azerbaijani scandal
- London court lifted anonymity order on properties and owner
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A leafy golf club outside London and a home steps away from luxury department store Harrods are owned by the wife of a banker jailed in connection with an Azerbaijani corruption scandal that has spilled over into a U.K. court.
A London judge lifted an order protecting the identity of Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of the convicted head of a bank in Azerbaijan, starting at noon Wednesday, arguing that the public interest in transparent justice outweighed the potential jeopardy she faced from authorities in her home country. The anonymity order had also kept secret the two properties, worth 22 million pounds ($29 million).