Prince Jefri Sues Britons In Property Scam

New York - HRH Prince Jefri Bolkiah sued two Britons in a US court on Friday, saying they bilked him out of millions of dollars through property scams.

Prince Jefri, who counts the Palace Hotel in New York among his personal assets claims Faith Zaman and her husband Thomas William Derbyshire conned him by posing as English lawyers.

He had hired the pair as attorneys in 2004, paying them $1 million a year, and Zaman then assumed several high-level positions in companies in charge of Prince Jefri's vast real estate holdings, according to the lawsuit filed in US District Court in Manhattan.-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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