Gold, platinum and diamond jewelry belonging to Nirav Modi’s Firestar Diamond International will be sold by liquidators in Mumbai, India, in an e-auction next month. The fugitive jeweler, aged 51, is accused of fraudulently using letters of undertaking offered by the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in an alleged $1.85bn fraud. No reserve price has yet […]

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The central figure in an alleged $2bn fraud that rocked India’s state-owned Punjab National Bank has been arrested in London in response to a request from New Delhi to extradite him. Nirav Modi, a celebrity jeweller whose boutiques were in some of the world’s most prestigious shopping districts, was refused bail by a Westminster magistrates’ […]

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Paris–In the second part of a two-part series, National Jeweler explores the latest haute joaillerie presented last week in Paris in conjunction with couture week. Dior’s jewelry designer, Victoire de Castellane, revisited “Versailles” with the second installment of the collection first introduced last summer. Whereas last year’s offerings were an ode to the palace’s baroque architecture […]

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