Off to India for £1.5 billion fraud trial

A celebrity diamond dealer accused of swindling £1.5 billion from a national bank will be extradited to India to face fraud charges, a judge has ruled. Nirav Modi, 49, one of India’s richest men, is accused of involvement in the country’s biggest ever fraud on the state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB). Modi was arrested on 19 March, 2019, in Holborn, central London after a Metro bank employee identified him as a fugitive when he tried to open an account. His…