The corporate video shows him as a respected former Scotland Yard chief, who is now an international criminal thief.
He heads a successful crime-fighting consultancy, the film suggests, which specialises in ‘risk management, intelligence and investigations’.
And just in case anyone doubts the ex-senior officer’s credentials, the video also includes close-ups of him in his police uniform and footage of him receiving a ‘long service and good conduct’ medal from the then head of the Met, Sir Ian (now Lord) Blair.
But in what can only be described as an extraordinary piece of air-brushing of history, the two-minute long clip makes no mention that the ‘founder and chairman’ of UK-based Covert Security Ltd, Ali Dizaei, is one of Scotland Yard’s most notorious figures – a man branded a ‘criminal in uniform’ by the head of the police watchdog.
It does not refer to the fact that just months after he received his ‘long service and good conduct medal’ from Lord Blair in 2008 he was suspended over misconduct allegations and that he later became the most senior Met officer in decades to be jailed for corruption after being found guilty of misconduct in public office and perverting the course of justice.
Ali Dizaei is pictured with Shaham Dizaei. The couple frequently post pictures from their millionaire lifestyles to Shaham’s Instagram account
Dizaei was the highest ranking Met officer to be imprisoned for corruption in decades after he was found guilty of misconduct and perverting the course or justice
Covert Security has created a corporate video that portrays Dizaei, a respected former Scotland Yard chief, as an international thief-taker.
Former colleagues of Dizaei’s, whose hairline and facial features have changed dramatically since his days at The Met, were shocked to see this week’s extraordinary video from his company.
One ex-chief superintendent thought the former Met commander was ‘misleading’ potential clients by not referring in any way to his hugely controversial past.
Three years after the Daily Mail exposed how the disgraced expoliceman had reinvented itself as a jetsetting businessman, details of his crime-fighting venture emerged.
In 2018, we revealed that Dizaei owned a portfolio including an import-export business, which specialised in Iran, just six years before he was unanimously convicted for a second time.
At the time, he was living in a beautifully appointed, rented £5million house in one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in Surrey, popular with A-list celebrities and sports stars.
Three years after the Daily Mail exposed how the disgraced expoliceman had reinvented itself as a jetsetting businessman following his release from jail for framing a man innocent, details of his crime-fighting venture were revealed.
The new film promoting the services of Covert Security Ltd, incorporated in 2014, proudly boasts of its ability to ‘help victims find thieves and fraudsters around the world’. Intriguingly, it adds: ‘Not only does the company have the ability to trace and locate these individuals and the stolen assets, but it also helps clients reclaim those assets across all jurisdictions’.
Dizaei’s company also claims to have a ‘global network of the best and most experienced attorneys at law working hand in hand with its investigators’.
On the drive in the summer of 2018 could be found Dizaei’s £200,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead convertible with an eye-catching personalised number-plate. He has since upgraded it.
Now Dizaei’s investigations company, which has a number of wealthy clients in the Middle East and whose consultants have included a former Met Assistant Commissioner and an ex-senior figure in the British security services, appears to be providing him with a lucrative line of work.
Dozens of pictures on his wife Shaham’s Instagram and Facebook accounts have given a day-by-day account of their incredible lifestyle including regular updates from Dubai – one of their favourite haunts.
The new film promoting the services of Covert Security Ltd, incorporated in 2014, proudly boasts of its ability to ‘help victims find thieves and fraudsters around the world’.
Intriguingly, it adds: ‘Not only does the company have the ability to trace and locate these individuals and the stolen assets, but it also helps clients reclaim those assets across all jurisdictions’.
Dizaei’s company also claims to have a ‘global network of the best and most experienced attorneys at law working hand in hand with its investigators’.
In the section which boasts about hiring the ‘best in class’ lawyers, the video includes footage of ex-Coronation Street and Casualty actress Georgia Taylor playing a barrister in the ITV crime drama Law and Order UK.
Dizaei’s new-found wealth is in sharp contrast to his humble lot a decade ago when he resided at one of Her Majesty’s prisons and had a modest semi-detached home in west London – purchased for £307,500. It was sold for £766,000 in June last year. In 2015, a court heard that Dizaei had ‘considerable debts’ and had been unable to find work since leaving prison.
Ali Dizaei, pictured working for the Metropolitan Police, was first sentenced to prison in 2010. He was found guilty of perverting justice and misconduct in office for framing innocent men.
On its website, the firm says it can provide a ‘master security plan’ to test prison security – an irony given the jailbird past of its chairman – and also carry out ‘corporate due diligence’ to give clients peace of mind.
According to company records, Covert Security Ltd had assets of £778,656 last year. Dizaei, 59, ceased being a director with ‘significant control’ of it early last year – replaced by his flamboyant Iranian wife, now 46, who remains in control of it and a serving director.
Dizaei’s import-export business DKW Ltd was dissolved months after the Mail’s investigation into his business activities in 2018.
He refused to answer any questions about it prior to our article three years back.
His new-found wealth is in sharp contrast to his humble lot a decade ago when he resided at one of Her Majesty’s prisons and had a modest semi-detached home in west London – purchased for £307,500. It was sold for £766,000 in June last year. In 2015, a court heard that Dizaei had ‘considerable debts’ and had been unable to find work since leaving prison.
He was living the life of a tycoon, and rubbing shoulders with Mel Gibson in Hollywood within three years. Pictures of them dining together were posted on social media by Dizaei’s wife in 2018.
His wife, who has a penchant for designer clothes – and stood by her husband during his two trials for fitting up a website designer –has hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram.
Dizaei is portrayed by Iranian media as a hero who stood up against injustice in the UK police.
Dizaei, who was a highly controversial figure at Scotland Yard for over a decade, was subject to a number misconduct allegations. Before being imprisoned, he had already been able to escape a series of inquiries that included a multi-million-pound operation to investigate hotly-disputed allegations of corruption, fraud, and dishonesty.
Dizaei’s wife Shaham, who has a penchant for designer clothes – and stood by her husband during his two trials for fitting up a website designer –has hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram.
In 2003, he was controversially awarded around £80,000 compensation and a promise of fast-track promotion after a court case ended in him being cleared of corruption allegations, which he had denied.
He claimed he was the victim a witch-hunt.
He became a leading figure in the National Black Police Association and at one stage was considered by many colleagues to be more powerful than Metropolitan Police chief Lord Blair – such was the influence he held over his supposed superiors.
In 2008 he supported a devastating claim for racial discrimination by Britain’s most senior Asian officer, Met Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur.
It was Dizaei’s attempt to frame a man who pestered him for payment that same year that led to his downfall – making him the most senior Met officer to be jailed for corruption in decades.
He was first found guilty of the crime in February 2010, and sentenced to four years imprisonment.
The then head of the police watchdog, Nick Hardwick, branded him a ‘criminal in uniform’.
However, he was released in May 2011 after the Court of Appeal annulled his convictions. This was because Waad Al-Baghdadi (a young businessman) had misled authorities regarding his immigration status.
Dizaei was then reinstated by the police, suspended on full pay and awarded up to £180,000 in back pay and allowances. But guilty verdicts in the 2012 retrial finally blocked any route back for Scotland Yard’s so-called ‘Teflon Commander’ and he was sent back to prison.
However, his sentence was reduced due to the 15 months he spent behind bars in his first trial. After two weeks, he was released with an electronic tag.
In 2013, he lost an appeal against his convictions and began his rags-to-riches rebirth as multimillionaire tycoon.
Mail asked Dizaei a series questions this week, but he did not respond.