Criminal investigation launched into company to shelved Sutton Council £18m property deal.
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| Criminal investigation launched into company linked to Sutton Council £18m property deal |
Anti-corruption officers have launched a criminal investigation into a company whose owner was the majority shareholder in an investment company from which Sutton Council agreed to buy an out-of-town retail park.
Monaco-based businessman Ata Ahsani, who held 230 shares in real estate company Lumina Real Estate Capital when the authority agreed on the deal, has since transferred all his shares to his son – the company’s director – Sassan Ahsani.
Mr Ahsani Snr, who runs Unaoil, an energy company under investigation by anti-fraud agencies, signed over his shares in Lumina less than a month before the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced it will look into the activities of Unaoil in connection with suspected bribery, corruption and money laundering.
The SFO has now revealed it is investigating the energy company. It maintains it cannot disclose if it is investigating Lumina.
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