Jeweller was ‘biggest ever success story’ in diamond industry

A celebrity jeweller accused of swindling £1.5 billion from a national bank obtained vast loans to become an ‘unprecedented’ global player in the sale of rare pink diamonds, a court heard. Nirav Modi, 49, fled India after allegedly orchestrating the country’s biggest ever fraud on the state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB). His luxury pieces have been worn by the likes of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Kate Winslet and Naomi Watts. Modi was arrested on March 19 last year in Holborn,…