Banker's wife may lose property worth millions after UK court ruling

Failure by ‘Mrs A’ to explain source of wealth could result in civil proceedings to seize it

The wife of a foreign banker faces losing UK property worth millions of pounds unless she can explain the source of her wealth, following a judgment at the high court.

The woman, referred to in the judgment as “Mrs A” and cannot be named for legal reasons, was the subject of the UK’s first unexplained wealth order earlier this year following an application by the National Crime Agency.

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