Posts

Showing posts with the label Trade Fraud

Fraud charge on Nirav Modi's brother

  The Telegraph December 22, 2020 Nehal Modi, younger brother of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, has been indicted here on the charge of fraudulently obtaining diamonds worth over $2.6 million from one of the world’s biggest diamond companies in Manhattan. Nehal, 41, faces the charge of grand larceny in the first degree, Manhattan district attorney Cy Vance Jr said in a statement on Friday. “While diamonds may be forever, this flawed scheme was not, and now Modi will face the clarity of a New York Supreme Court indictment,” Vance said. Interpol had earlier issued a red-corner notice against Nehal on charges of money laundering that are being probed by India’s Enforcement Directorate. Nehal, a former member of Noble Titan Holdings, had allegedly made false representations to obtain over $2.6 million worth of diamonds from LLD Diamonds USA on favourable credit terms and consignment, and then liquidated the diamonds for his own ends. Vance’s statement said Nehal, “who comes from a we...
 First Post December, 20, 2020 Nirav Modi's brother Nehal indicted for diamond fraud worth $2.6 million in New York According to the evidence presented, between March and August 2015, Nehal, a former member of Noble Titan Holdings, made false representations to obtain over $2.6 million worth of diamonds from LLD Diamonds USA (edited) New York:  Nehal Modi, the younger brother of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, has been indicted here for fraudulently obtaining diamonds worth over $2.6 million from one of the world's biggest diamond companies in Manhattan. Nehal, 41, is charged in a New York Supreme Court indictment with Grand Larceny in the First Degree, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr. said. "While diamonds maybe forever, this flawed scheme was not, and now Modi will face the clarity of a New York Supreme Court indictment. My Office will not allow individuals who have the privilege of soliciting business in Manhattan's iconic diamond industry to defraud our b...