Oligarch’s son says he lost $50m in day trading at university
Temur is set to testify later in the week after telling judge he flew to Moscow because he was stressed and scared
08 December 2020 - 18:12
London — The son of a Russian oligarch says $50m in funds from his father did not disappear because he was hiding the assets from his mother. The truth, he says, is that he lost the money on “risky” trades while he was at university.
Farkhad Akhmedov’s son, Temur, is at the centre of the latest legal fight stemming from Britain’s largest divorce case. The 27-year-old said that his mother, Tatiana Akhmedova, was well aware of his trading activities at the London School of Economics. She had even consoled him after the loss...
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