For over six years, an Irish accountant has been locked in a legal battle with a Tajikistani telecoms provider, its former Swedish owner, and its current proprietor, the development fund headed by the Aga Khan. From January 2016 to February 2017, Co Waterford native Michael Power served as the chief financial officer of TCell, a mobile phone operator based in the former Soviet Union territory, before “unhappy differences” emerged between him and his employer. At the time, TCell was majority owned by Swedish publicly-listed firm Telia Company before it sold its stake to the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development…

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