. Derbyshire contended that he worked for more than seven months before receiving his first payment, which was $660,000 in expenses instead of $4 million in salary, and by then, he claims, he had spent approximately $600,000 of his own on travel expenses for himself and lawyers he had recruited to travel with him to Brunei. When they arrived, a crew was waiting to help. In short, the couples mandate, they claim, was to streamline and obtain an accounting of Jefris empire of businessesa difficult process, since most of them were registered in the names of persons or companies acting on his behalf, barriers of protection that would make it hard for his brother to seek to take the assets from him, Derbyshire alleges. Three years later he made him minister of finance. He may have an innocent demeanour, but his father Jefri Bolkiah was known as the playboy of the Brunei royal family. In its way, this case begins like a fairy tale, Jefris lawyer Linda Goldstein, a fast-talking whippet of a New York City litigator, told the jury in her opening argument. December 27, 2009 5:00am. They also contended that the prince gave them a second lease, also at a low price, for the Maloney & Porcelli steak house on the hotels ground floor, on East 50th Street. But weve gotten to the position where hes sort of said, Well, Ive told you everything, and if unbeknownst to me I become aware of something else I will of course hand it over. Because this is a man who in many respects is not completely aware of everything he had., Once this convoluted case was handed over to the jury, last December, they returned after a scant three hours, surprising everyone not only by the brevity of their deliberations but also by their verdict: they found for Zaman and Derbyshire on all charges. Because only a member of the British Queens Counsel can be heard in Brunei courts, and because the Derbyshires contend that by then many of Jefris lawyers refused to work for him, owing to not being paid, the couple enlisted Sir John Nutting, a friend of Prince Charless, to travel with them to Brunei. That's how she met Prince Jefri, whom she married five years ago. Jefri reportedly lived quite the life of excess, reportedly blowing around 10billion in 15-years as head of the Brunei Investment agency. I regret to say that my wife and I have been drawn into this web of deceit. The federal suit was dismissed, but Jefri immediately refiled in New York State. All rights reserved. And I refused to do it. (According to Stewart, No such request was ever made.). Princess Azemah, 38, is the daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei. According to Jefris lawsuit, Even though she had no experience in managing hotels or business operations, after interviewing a few candidates, [Zaman] informed Prince Jefri and Prince Bahar that there were no candidates as qualified as she was and recommended that she be appointed the hotels managing director. (Zamans response: Prince Jefri never let any person dictate to him how he should manage his assets. Zobel is the youngest daughter of Inigo Zobel (he ranked 18th on Forbes ' Philippines 50 Richest 2020) and Maricris Cardenas-Zobel. [4] Due to the secretive nature of the state and the blurred lines as to where the royal familys finances and the state finances began and ended, establishing the true course of events is very difficult. Jefri Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III [1] (born 6 November 1954), is a member of the Brunei Royal Family. She did not want to see him committed to prison for contempt [should it be] discovered he was selling assets which he had never disclosed, according to an affidavit submitted by Derbyshire, who called a meeting in Paris with Jefri and Claire Kelly. [38] The case is estimated to have cost Brunei US$60 million to litigate despite the value of the court case being US$7 million[40] and Prince Jefri being a key witness for the State of Brunei, which has repeatedly taken him to court,[41] challenging his compliance with court orders and questioning his veracity. Y.M. When the trial began, in Courtroom 242 of New York Supreme Court last year, those in the know assumed that the louche secrets of Prince Jefris boundless excesses would finally come to light. Ivana Marie Zelnkov escaped from behind the Iron Curtain to storm New York City and help create the twisted miracle of Donald Trump. Jefri Bolkiah, Faiq's father, is the younger brother of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei, better known by her family name Prince Jefri Bolkiah, is a popular Malaysian royal. The Sultan of Brunei, one of the world's richest men, spared no expense when it came to the nuptials of his daughter, the beautiful Princess 'Azemah Ni'matul Bolkiah of Brunei, who tied the knot with her first cousin, Prince Bahar ibni Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei, earlier this month at the Istana Nurul Iman, the sultan's opulent official residence, just outside the capital city of Bandar Seri . The eldest son of Sultan . Once, he asked me about the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade. Of the couples contention that Prince Bahar signed both leases, Jefri insisted that Bahar didnt recall signing either one. Puan Salma binti Abdullah ne Claire Kelly fifth wife (en) dbp:succession: dbr:Ministry_of_Finance_and_Economy_(Brunei) dbp:successor: dbr:Hassanal_Bolkiah; dbp . Kiss his hand, he replied. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images. [30] As of November 2010, the warrant still appears to be in place, meaning the Prince will be arrested if he enters the UK. I believe the real reasons for the events of 1998 is the fact that there was a cash crisis within Brunei caused by the Asian financial meltdown of 19978 and the decline in the price of oil, Jefri wrote in an affidavit from his case against Derbyshire and Zaman. It would be the biggest honor of my life if I was permitted to sleep with Jefri, because he is half-man, half-god, like Jesus Christ to the Christians, Marketic said an aide to the prince had told her. Jefri Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III (born 6 November 1954), is a member of the Brunei Royal Family. She was naturally beautiful and a really lovely person. I thought there was no time to lose, Jefri wrote of sending Derbyshire, Zaman, and Jay Maggistro to the New York Palace. Faiq Bolkiah and his family adhere to the Islamic religion. ), Zaman handled her duties well, by many accounts, maximizing occupancy, improving profits, and, most important, approving invoices for consulting fees of approximately $1.3 million a month submitted by a company called Argent International, which she was told was owned by Prince Bahar. May more blessings come this waywhere truth prevailsand good people are rewarded for their good intentions., Did their duties include devising ideas to help Jefri evade freezing orders and manufacture cash? My duty as a subject and a Wazir was to obey any commands of His Majesty Accordingly, when His Majesty indicated in 1998 that he wished assets under my control to be transferred to the Plaintiffs [the B.I.A.] But now the hotel was under siege, as Jefri outlined in his affidavit: its directors had passed an order preventing their removal by him, and a former director had filed suit challenging Jefris very ownership of the New York Palace and Hotel Bel-Air. 40 feet high, and in front of it was a life-size statue of Prince I think its fair to say that, between 2004 and probably August 2008, there were still instances where suddenly we would become aware of blatant breaches by Prince Jefri of the freezing order, where an asset had obviously been sold, says B.I.A. I was paid a salary when I was working for him and then as a fiance I was given gifts, Raines testified at the trial. INSATIABLE: Prince Jefri of Brunei (above) bedded but later tired of Jillian Lauren, one of 40 women in his harem. A post shared by Prince Jefri Bolkiah (@princejeffribolkiah) on Oct 21, 2018 at 9:56pm PDT The pair were reported to have raced their Ferraris through the streets of Brunei capital Bandar Seri Begawan at midnight and sailed a fleet of yachts, among which Bolkiah named three of his yachts after parts of the female bosom. He claimed that one of his previous attorneys had taken out the mortgage and sold the properties without his consent. Whenever the prince and his posse were on their way to the disco, a mirrored ball would drop from the ceiling, signaling the women to start dancing. According to Geoffrey Stewart, the prince is conflict averse. Stewart speculates, Any kind of public proceeding sooner or later would get back to the B.I.A. (Stewart denies that Jefri declared the eviction notice an act of war.) When his son Prince Hakeem wanted to learn football, Jefri imported The reason was there was no money.), Zamans job as managing director included dealing with the princes familyfour wives and 18 childrenand their friends, few of whom carried cash or credit cards and, even if they did, often preferred that their charges go on the companys or Zamans credit cards. I have no idea about how many law firms [Derbyshire] contacted, he wrote. They eventually opened a London hotel, restaurant, and club together, No. Bolkiah was educated in Great Britain, he went to Bradfield College in Britain. In this respect, Prince Jefri had incurred the enmity of another of his brothers, Prince Mohamed, whose views are cast in a much more conservative and religious mold. Watching his brothers from the wings, Mohamed, who had only one wife and flew commercial, waited for his chance to stop the party. I mean, thats basically what Tom and Faith were doing for him. He was also accused by his brother of embezzling $15 billion from the Brunei Investment Agency which resulted in a protracted legal battle that played out in the UK courts. maintained that there never was a finalized lifestyle agreement, and a British court agreed. [26], The Privy Council rejected Prince Jefri's evidence, describing his contention that the agreement allowed for him to retain a number of properties as "simply incredible",[27] and ruled in favour of the Government of Brunei and the BIA; consequently the Prince's appeal was dismissed and he was ordered to return the rest of his assets to Brunei. The BIA re-opened proceedings in Malaysia and the Cayman Islands, resulting in the BIA gaining control over the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles and The New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan. He has, for instance, been sued by a former US model over charges that he used her as a "sex slave". Jefri Bolkiah is a married man. However, Judge Ira Gammerman soon decreed that the case was not about the prince or his extravagant lifestyle but strictly about whether Zaman and Derbyshire had stolen money from their client. Before the couple left for Brunei, Jefri named Princes Hakeem and Bahar as directors of the New York Palace. This is an act of war, they say the prince declared. (Stewarts response: The state of the cars wasnt due to lack of air-conditioning but to a lack of necessary maintenance. As to the contents of the palaces, they were legally Prince Jefris to take.). Their attorney called him a man of unlimited tastes, a one-man walking market, who bought practically everything he saw, including a rug woven with jewels in threads of solid gold ($7 million), 10 jewel-encrusted wristwatches that depicted on the hour a couple copulating ($8 million), and similarly erotic fountain pens ($1.3 million). Meanwhile, Derbyshire often met with Jefris legal teams. In London alone, the Manoukians charged, he kept 40 prostitutes at the Dorchester hotel and spent $34 million for the former Playboy Club at 45 Park Lanemore than four times the market price, according to the brothersso that he could house more hookers and secretly indulge his passion for gambling. The B.I.A. Prince Mohamed launched what Jefri would call an attack, a palace coup, against him. It was very nice to know you, he said. I met Prince Jefri today, Derbyshire told his 27-year-old fiance, Faith Zaman, who had recently been laid off from a job at an investment bank. After finishing school, she left New Plymouth to pursue double degrees in drama and music at the University of Auckland. It was Prince Bahar he had been called about, but within a short time he was styling Prince Jefri too. An official list from 2002, exposed in Jefris legal battle with his brother, details more than $17 billion in payments and presents to family, friends, V.I.P.s, and entourage, including $18 million to the father of one of the Bolkiahs wives, nearly $1.5 million to a badminton coach, and millions more to government officials, some of whom got Porsches, real estate, and jewelry. Jefri came with Micha Raines, and the sultans son Aziz turned up with Val Kilmer and Jerry Hall. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. But by then the prince was nowhere to be seen. ), In the New York court, Derbyshire testified on Jefris plan to sell the hotels. WITH a 45 million mansion, 2,000 custom-made cars and a harem of 40 women, it's not surprising Prince Jefri Bolkiah used to blow through a reported 30 million a month. The next day the hairdresser picked up the couple in a convertible Bentley Jefri had given him and drove them to St. Johns Lodge, in the Inner Circle of Regents Park, which, next to Buckingham Palace, is the grandest residence in London. 5 Cavendish Square. [20] In July 1998 the Amadeo group collapsed under US$10 billion in debt. The Manoukians went from selling the prince suits to selling him jewelry, cars, planes, boats, and real estate. Its called trickle feeding: selling off assets bit by bit, in this case to avoid B.I.A. She's no better than a prostitute if she sleeps with a man for his money. (According to Stewart, Some attorneys claimed that they suddenly realized that funds they had been receiving and depositing for years were under injunction by the freezing orderbut wouldnt return any of the money.), Zaman claimed in an affidavit she worked a full year without receiving any of her $4 million annual salary, although Jefri would write in an affidavit that he believed both Derbyshires had received payment for services. They were joined by two bankers from UBS Zurich. Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Norhayati, his wife: This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 21:26. So that starts the process, he continues, meaning Jefris by then well-known habit of accessing undisclosed accounts in companies that werent under his name but were under his control. They were livid with me and told me that unless I acted in accordance with their instructions, I would not only lose my job, but they would ruin me by destroying my reputation so that I would never work again, she wrote in an affidavit. (In 2006, the case was decided against Jefri and in favor of the B.I.A.). The plaintiff, Prince Jefri Bolkiah, Bruneis notorious royal playboy, who has probably gone through more cash than any other human being on earth, tried to convince the jury that he was extremely nave when it came to financial matters. seven figures each. While he determined that the hotel was in good financial order, he found that at least $10 million worth of Jefris supposedly frozen properties in California had been sold. Published on January 25, 2023 03:47 PM. The house is now occupied by Jefri's wife Claire Kelly. In order to give them full and absolute authority to act on his behalf, the prince granted them power of attorney. Proclaimed at the Courthouse, Brunei Town, 6 th June 1950. Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Digadong Sahibul Mal Pengiran Muda Haji Jefri Bolkiah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien: House: Bolkiah: Father: Omar Ali . Nearly a decade ago, the Taranaki woman, now in her mid-30s, packed her bags for the bright lights of Paris and later married playboy Prince Jefri Bolkiah, a Brunei royal with a penchant for fast cars and flash houses. His elder brother is the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah. According to his Wikipedia page, his current net worth is $1.5 billion. One British paper said that American girls were no longer invited to Brunei because of the scandal. With the addition of Jefris own words in various affidavits, an extraordinary story comes to light. Facing a potential two-year prison term for refusing to divulge his bank accounts, Jefri lay low in his five-star hotels and palatial homes until he finally reconciled with his brother and returned to Brunei, with an alibi for at least a small portion of the lost fortune: he hadnt spent all of the money, he said; his lawyers Faith Zaman and Thomas Derbyshire had stolen at least $23 million of it in seven breaches of trust, the seven frauds, which his attorneys would detail in court and which Zaman and Derbyshire would contend were schemes to funnel money through them to benefit the prince. Prince Jefri was incapable of doing any of this himself, says Chalk. Jefri countersued, charging that the brothers had breached their fiduciary duty by marking up the goods they sold him by anywhere from 100 to 600 percent. Its not about lifestyle, its not about sex. At one point, he was said to be spending 35m a month on cars, watches, erotic white . ), Next Derbyshire visited Hotel Bel-Air. Jefri then hosted a second wedding for Hamidah in the ballroom of Londons Grosvenor House, near the Dorchester, the sultans hotel. . [6] His personal holdings included a huge art collection, the British jeweller Asprey, the New York Palace Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles and Plaza Athne in Paris. Putera Jefri Bolkiah, adik kepada Sultan Brunei, menjalani kehidupan mewah dengan koleksi kapal layar, hotel 5 bintang dan lebih dari 2,000 buah kenderaan mewah. would claim was squirreled away in bank accounts and shell companies registered in remote tax havens. Good morning, he always replied. She claimed her annual salary included 5 percent of the hotels gross operating profit, a car allowance of $100,000 per year, and free use of the company credit card for personal expenses, and she showed Prince Bahars signature on her employee agreement. . There was no real proof that he didnt know what was going on and he didnt approve these dealings, the juror said. (Jefri claimed in an affidavit it was $35 million.) Jefri had registered the hotel in a limited partnership in New York owned by two Delaware corporations, which in turn were owned by a third Delaware corporation, followed by two shell corporations in Labuan, the tax haven off the coast of Malaysia, and finally ending in a Malaysian trust company. ), Meanwhile, Prince Jefri was convinced that Mohamed and his men were spying on him, both when he was in Brunei and abroad, according to Stewart. Little has been revealed of his wife. Following the couples legal victory, Mark Seal gets an exclusive on the story the jury didnt hear. Upon the couples divorce, the tiara returned to the Queens possession. She claims in an affidavit that she paid consulting fees to Princes Hakeem and Bahar of between $500,000 and $1.5 million a month. Along with Maggistro and Jefris Manhattan lawyer, they had arranged a meeting with the hotels managing director, John Segreti. Within a few days a call came from Maggistro: the prince wanted to see Derbyshire. ; : Hassanal Bolkiah: : 1946715 76 : : : : : : : Royal Military Academy SandhurstVictoria InstitutionSultan Omar Ali Saifuddien College The sultan and his first wife Queen Saleha at . Several more meetings ensued, which Jefri always insisted be four-eyes meetings, meaning face-to-face. Jefri Bolkiah, Faiq Bolkiah's father, is a billionaire. So who ran the companies? he was asked. Celebrating a court victory with fellow barristers in a private dining room at No. [5], In the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the sultan had external accountants audit the books of BIA, resulting in charges by the Brunei government that Prince Jefri had embezzled $14.8 billion. The next time Mohamed buzzed the house, hed be appalled and shocked.. The former model became his fifth wife - the 53-year-old has two others and has been divorced twice - and is happily married with two young children, living in a London mansion "the size of Eden Park". If there was any hiding of assets, it was done by his lawyer advisers. Jefris corporate structures were set up by tax accountants in the 1980s, says Stewart, when Jefri was still on good terms with the sultan, to help keep taxes down. As for allegations of hidden art, cars, and jewels, he says, Ive certainly never seen it. Turn that off! he boomed. "Her children are now royal family. That and her natural beauty. I studied the diminutive prince on the witness stand, with his dark business suit, swept-back hair, and copper complexion. Prince Jefri Bolkiah was the Minister of Finance of Brunei until he resigned in February 1997. Claim was squirreled away in bank accounts and shell companies registered in remote havens... 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