NSW Crime Commission pursues Mejid Hamzy’s assets after his 2020 shooting death

The person handling the estate of slain gangster Mejid Hamzy has become embroiled in court proceedings involving the NSW Crime Commission.

Slain Hamzy family kingpin Mejid Hamzy is being pursued beyond the grave by the powerful NSW Crime Commission.

Despite his execution in 2020, age 44, the commission is using proceeds of crime laws to seize his property portfolio, including the double block outside of which he was shot in Simmat Ave, Condell Park, where he lived with his wife and young children.

The Supreme Court has recently been told that Hamzy - the older brother of the notorious Brothers for Life founder Bassam Hamzy - had left a will and the executor of his estate has now become embroiled in the court proceedings.

Death is no escape from the tough Criminal Assets Recovery Act (CARA) and the gangster who had a taste for sweet desserts and ran a gourmet chocolate and dessert bar at Burwood left three properties in his will.

He had a block of land on Albert Road, Auburn which records show was bought in 2003 for $200,000 and the land in Condell Park which he bought for $425,000 in 2014.

Mejid Hamzy was killed outside his Condell Park property in 2020.

At the time it had one house on it but he built a second four-bedroom three-bathroom house on the block which had been rented by underworld figure Safwan Charbaji before he was shot dead in a gunfight outside a Condell Park smash repair business in April 2016.

In the latest saga in the high-profile Hamzy family, the commission is also seeking Mejid Hamzy’s shares in HZY International Pty Ltd, which owns the two Condell Park homes, of which he was the sole office holder.

Mejid Hamzy owned this Auburn property which records show he bought in 2003.

Mejid Hamzy was shot outside the double block at Simmat Ave in Condell Park.

While not as notorious as his brother, Mejid and not Bassam was known as the “King of the Hamzys” and he has been described as the financial backbone of the family.

The Crime Commission began proceedings to seize his assets as the proceeds of crime in 2017.

At the time, police believed Mejid Hamzy was one of the killers of Hamad Assaad, 29, who had the word “Executioner” tattooed across his chest. Asaad was killed in October 2016.

Assaad had been linked to the attempted murder of Mejid’s aunt, family matriarch Maha Hamze, 44, who was shot in the legs as she stood at the front door of her home at Auburn Rd, Auburn in 2013. There is no suggestion Maha Hamze is involved in illegal activity.

The Daily Telegraph revealed this week that the elaborate $20,000 security system set-up around he public housing block with more than a dozen CCTV cameras and a metal gate across the driveway, had been torn down under orders from the Land and Housing Corporation.

In 2019, Mejid Hamzy had commercial methamphetamine drug importation charges from 2010 dropped after spending some time behind bars on remand during which he studied business courses.

Mejid Hamzy.

Bassam Hamzy in Goulburn Supermax.

NSW Crime Commissioner Michael Barnes said that at the time of his death, the commission was in negotiations with Mejid Hamzy towards the settlement of the proceedings, although no agreement had been reached.

“CARA provides for the proceedings to continue against Hamzy’s estate, which we are doing,” Mr Barnes said.

“For quite some time the estate had no representation and it was unclear whether Hamzy died intestate.

“In fact, he did have a will and the estate now has a representative in the CARA proceedings.”