A U.K. court has ordered a refund to a billionaire’s daughter and her husband after they unknowingly bought a $40 million London mansion with a “severe moth infestation.” Iya Patarkatsishvili, daughter of late Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili, and her husband, Dr. Yevhen Hunyak, bought the luxury, seven-bedroom home, which features a spa, cinema and gym in 2019, the Guardian reported. But Hunyak said they quickly learned it was infested with moths, with him personally killing 10 to 35 of the insects daily. The court found seller William Woodward-Fisher, a surveyor and real estate developer, guilty of “fraudulent misrepresentations” for concealing the infestation in the home’s insulation. The couple was granted most of their money back, and was also awarded “substantial damages,” including $18,000 for ruined clothes. Patarkatsishvili’s father, who fell out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, moved to the UK in 2000, and died in 2008 of a heart attack in London.
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