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Asil Nadir, fraudster behind Polly Peck scandal
Asil Nadir was once Britain’s most celebrated businessman. In 1980 the Turkish-Cypriot immigrant bought Polly Peck, a fading British fashion house whose shares were quoted on the London stock exchange, and embarked on a debt-fuelled global acquisition …