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Man hides wealth abroad to stop wife from getting Sh68b divorce money

The bitter family legal battle began in 2016 when an English judge ordered Akhmedov to pay his ex-wife the multi-million pound divorce payment. [File, Standard]

A British judge ruled on Wednesday that Russian billionaire Farkad Akhmedov had conspired with his son to try to stop his ex-wife from receiving her British record 453.6 million pound (Sh68.4 billion) divorce settlement.

In an excoriating ruling, Justice Gwynneth Knowles said oil and gas tycoon Akhmedov's son Temur had acted as his "father's lieutenant" to devise a series of schemes to hide his fortune.

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