Asil Nadir, Polly Peck tycoon turned fugitive, dies aged 83

Once one of Britain’s richest men and a Conservative party donor, Nadir was found guilty in the UK of stealing millions from Polly Peck to fund a lavish lifestyle

Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, once a fugitive from justice for stealing millions from his British Polly Peck conglomerate, has died, a social media post by his wife said. He was 83. The news was confirmed to the Times newspaper by his British lawyer Giles Bark-Jones.

Nadir was being treated at a hospital in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot enclave in northern Cyprus and died overnight, Turkish media reported hospital officials as saying.

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