Bangladesh, Oct. 25 -- A London apartment worth nearly £15 million, allegedly linked to embezzlement, corruption, fraud and money laundering, has been frozen by the UK High Court as part of an investigation into the source of funds used to acquire it, the Financial Times (FT) reports.
The property, near Regent's Park, belongs to a company linked to Anisuzzaman Chowdhury Ronny, brother of Bangladesh's former Awami League (AL) land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed.
The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) obtained the freezing order this week after Anisuzzaman failed to explain the origin of the money used to purchase the apartment, according to the report.
In a witness statement submitted to the court, an NCA investigator described t...