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Judge Peter Smith did not rule on whether Prince Jefri was in contempt, but did issue a warrant for his arrest.

"They didn't tell me," he responded. Once the world's most notorious playboy, Prince Jefri, would book entire floors of the best hotels for his entourage jetted in on spending sprees which saw millions spent on everything from huge gem stones to Ferraris. was going to be coming after him, and I think his view was ‘Why create trouble for myself?’ ” +

“Having no reason to disbelieve Prince Jefri, Derbyshire and Zaman say, they continued to petition the courts on his behalf, eventually winning a ruling that he was indeed the owner of the New York Palace.

By some accounts he wasted a total of $25 billion if his bad investments are calculated in.

There stories about a mysterious Citigroup bank account – the 555 account – into which billions of dollars is said to have been deposited. Jefri apparently had never considered that the royals themselves had been Asprey's best customers.

The next time Mohamed buzzed the house, he’d be appalled and shocked.” [Source: Mark Seal, Vanity Fair, July 2011=]

Miss USA Sues Prince Jefri for Keeping Her as a Sex Slave

Maureen Callahan wrote in the New York Post: “In 1997, Brunei’s long-rumored harems and sex parties were made public when Shannon Marketic, a former Miss USA, sued Jefri and the sultan.

According to the Daily Mail, “Jefri, known for his spending habits, was accused of embezzling $14.8 billion from Brunei, a charge he denied. The place was intended to be used, at least in part, for palace functions. Jefri had acted as though he'd just been exposed to some kind of cognitive kryptonite: words, gestures, facial expressions — he reduced all of them to gibberish.

Mohamed, convinced he would have made a better ruler than his slightly older brother, had bitterly resented his father's choice of heir. “These payments were made to banks in Switzerland and Liechtenstein,” Derbyshire wrote in an affidavit. If there was any hiding of assets, it was done by his lawyer advisers.” Jefri’s 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, “I’ve certainly never seen it.

Sculptor J. Seward Johnson Jr claims he was unaware the private commission came from Prince Jefri.

perhaps because she was clothed. Between 1983 and mid-1998 some US$40 billion of what were called "special transfers" were made from the accounts of the BIA.

An independent investigation was undertaken into the circumstances of these special transfers, concluding that in round figures, US$14.8 billion were paid to the accounts of Prince Jefri, US$8 billion to accounts of the Sultan and US$3.8 billion for Government purposes; the destination, purpose and recipients of the remaining transfers were not established.

He has no concept of money that I’ve seen. The Prince countersued, then settled out of court.

In 2006, the Prince began legal proceedings against his former advisors, the barrister Thomas Derbyshire and his wife Faith Zaman, in both the UK and US, accusing them of stealing funds from him. His foreign hotels are very successful, thanks to the management teams he has in place.

I tried another tack.