A Politically Exposed Person has agreed to surrender £4 million which was transferred via the Azerbaijan Laundromat money laundering scheme.

London-based Suleyman Javadov has close links to the ruling elite in Azerbaijan where his father was deputy energy minister until his dismissal last year.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) was granted Account Freezing Orders in 2018 and 2019 on ten bank accounts held by Mr Javadov and his wife Izzat Khanim Javadova which contained a total of £6.4 million. 

The forfeiture of £4,033,803.21 held in four accounts in Mr Javadov’s name settles the NCA’s claim, and the...