ZODIAC Immobilienbesitz s.r.o.

ZODIAC Immobilienbesitz s.r.o. is a company registered in the Czech Republic, founded by Arzu Aliyeva.[174] In 2012, the company owned a 1 million euro ($1.28 million) villa in Karlovy Vary, a high-end neighborhood in Prague, purchased in 2006.[518] [511] In 2013, Arzu Aliyeva transferred her shares in the company to Mahir Rafiyev,[176] an official at the Azerbaijani tax ministry who reportedly headed the taxpayers’ services department in 2016.[769] In 2011, Rafiyev was a shareholder of AtaBank, a banking subsidiary of AtaHolding, an Azerbaijani conglomerate linked to the Aliyeva sisters.[304] [664]