UK To Seize $39 Million From Bhadresh Gohil For Helping Ibori Move Funds
UK Takes Legal Action To Seize $39m From London Lawyer Who Assisted Ibori Move Stolen Funds From Nigeria confiscate $39.3m from Bhadresh Gohil, a London lawyer, who assisted James Ibori to loot and launder funds from Nigeria. Ibori, ex-governor of Delta State, was convicted in 2010 in the United Kingdom for money-laundering. Gohil was also convicted in 2010 of 13 counts of money- laundering and other offences linked to his role in the case. Reuters reported that Gohil also masterminded a fraud in which $37m in fake consultancy fees was stolen from two Nigerian states in connection with the sale of their stakes in a telecoms company. Then a partner at a firm in the London district of Mayfair, Gohil had helped Ibori channel stolen funds through shell companies and offshore accounts and buy assets such as an English country house and a $20 private jet -- although police caught up with the men before the jet was delivered. Banks have been fined and scandals revealed by leaks such as t...