One source familiar with the situation said that a dozen groups have sought to claim the cash, all claiming to have Motlagh’s authority.
‘They include criminals, Chechen groups, and Ukrainian gangsters,’ said the source.
The security source claimed that Motlagh was a likely ‘front man who lost control of a fortune he was nursing on behalf of shady interests related to a wicked dictator, corrupt senior officials, or a huge mafia operation linked to a state. We may never know to whom it belongs.’