The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has taken control of three luxury properties from convicted fraudster Gulnara Karimova, including two Belgravia flats and a mansion in Surrey, APA reports citing inews.co.uk.
It alleges that Karimova received hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes from telecommunications companies between 2004 and 2012 in return for helping them gain access to the market in Uzbekistan.
Prosecutors hailed the move as a victory in the UK’s bid to “root out dirty money”.
The SFO brought a proceeds of crime case to recover properties worth more than £20m from Karimova, daughter of the former Uzbekistan president, and her family after linking them to the proceeds of corruption in her country.
The Uzbek Supreme Court granted permission for the SFO to personally serve Ms Karimova and her boyfriend, Rusam Madumarov with a Civil Recovery claim issued by the High Court in London.
The writs were served on both Karimova and Madumarov, who are imprisoned in Uzbekistan on 22 December 2020. Luxury properties linked to Karimova have also been seized by the French authorities.
Uzbekistan’s Justice Ministry says it has already obtained assets worth more than $130m (£102m) from luxury properties linked to Karimova.
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