Jordan's King Abdullah II, a close ally of the United States, spent more than $100million in secret in order to purchase more than a dozen homes around the world.
The leaked financial documents detail how a complex network of secretly-owned firms were used by Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein to buy 15 homes since coming to power in 1999.
The king is one of hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers who have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century, according to a review of nearly 12 million files obtained from 14 firms located around the world.
The investigation found the king's advisers set up at least three dozen shell companies over a period of more than 20 years from 1995 to 2017.
It was to help the monarch buy homes totaling more than $106 million in the United States and United Kingdom.
An investigation has found Jordan's King Abdullah II's advisers set up at least three dozen shell companies over a period of more than 20 years from 1995 to 2017 to purchase property
The king reportedly used a network of offshore accounts to buy three adjacent properties in Malibu for almost $70m between 2014 and 2017
The documents expose how Jordan's Abdullah created a network of offshore companies and tax havens to amass a $100 million property empire from Malibu, California to Washington and London.
The king reportedly used a network of offshore accounts to buy three adjacent properties in Malibu for almost $70m between 2014 and 2017. The middle one, according to the Washington Post contains seven bedrooms, nine baths, a gym, a cinema and a swimming pool.
The seven-bedroom home overlooks the Pacific Ocean and sits on the Point Dume peninsula of Malibu, California.
The property was bought in 2014 for a record price for the area at the time at $33.5m by Nabisco Holdings SA, a company in the British Virgin Islands.
One of the three homes is situated in lush surroundings overlooking the Pacific Ocean
The middle home contains seven bedrooms, nine baths, a gym, a cinema and a swimming pool
The smallest of the homes was $12.5 million but they are all to be knocked down in order to create one gigantic estate
Jordan's King Abdullah amassed about $100 million worth of property in the United States and the UK through secret companies over the course of 14 years
Two different BVI companies bought the homes either side of the property. A $12.5m home in 2015 and in 2017 a $23 million ocean-view property, taking the total spend to $68m - all bought through a British Virgin Islands company.
Across the other side of the country, King Abdullah bought four apartments totaling $16m in Georgetown, a wealthy part of Washington DC, between 2012 and 2014. His son, Crown Prince Hussein, was attending Georgetown University at the time.
The advisers were identified as an English accountant in Switzerland and lawyers in the British Virgin Islands.
At the time of the purchases, one blogger who remain anonymous made an acute observation: 'Someone has gone to a hell of a lot of trouble to cover their tracks here. Yes, very rich people often like to stay
