Last week, over three days, the court heard evidence in a case brought by Doraville Properties Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company currently subject to a restraint order over its Jersey bank account.
That order was made in 2014 by the Royal Court at the request of authorities in the US, where a federal court in Washington found that the money – believed to be in excess of $300 million – was derived from corruption in Nigeria during the military regime of General Sani Abacha and the American court found that the money had been laundered through the US banking system by people, including President Abacha’s son Mohammed, before being transferred to Jersey.
A decision is expected in the case within weeks.
