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Asil Nadir

  • Monday, 10 February, 2025
    Obituary
    Asil Nadir, Polly Peck founder and fraudster, 1941-2025

    Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur turned small British textiles firm into vast conglomerate before insolvency and criminal charges

    Asil Nadir leaving the Old Bailey in the Polly Peck fraud case in August 2012
  • Thursday, 6 December, 2012
    UK economy
    Businessman cleared of Vietnam bribery
  • Thursday, 27 September, 2012
    World
    Nadir tells court he is penniless
    asil nadir
  • Friday, 24 August, 2012
    UK economy
    Lord McAlpine urges return of Nadir money
    asil nadir
  • Friday, 24 August, 2012
    Westminster blogKiran Stacey
    Tory MPs’ disquiet over Nadir donations
  • Thursday, 23 August, 2012
    UK economy
    Asil Nadir jailed for 10 years
    Nur Nadir, the wife of Asil Nadir, addresses the media outside the Old Bailey following her husband's sentencing
  • Wednesday, 22 August, 2012
    World
    Tories asked to repay Nadir donations
  • Wednesday, 22 August, 2012
    UK economy
    SFO seeks to reclaim some of Nadir costs
  • Wednesday, 22 August, 2012
    LombardEnergy sector
    Man from Del Monte found guilty
  • Wednesday, 22 August, 2012
    UK economy
    Asil Nadir guilty of £29m Polly Peck theft
  • Wednesday, 22 August, 2012
    Aerospace & Defence
    SFO faced uphill struggle in Nadir case
  • Wednesday, 22 August, 2012
    UK economy
    Asil Nadir timeline

    By 1990 Polly Peck had 200 subsidiaries

  • Wednesday, 22 August, 2012
    UK economy
    Profile: Who is Asil Nadir?
  • Monday, 20 August, 2012
    UK economy
    Seven-month saga nears its end

    Jury found Asil Nadir guilty on three counts

  • Monday, 20 August, 2012
    FT AlphavillePaul Murphy
    Nadir guilty, but will he serve time?
  • Monday, 20 August, 2012
    UK economy
    Asil Nadir found guilty of theft
    asil nadir
  • Thursday, 2 August, 2012
    UK economy
    Judge starts summing up in Asil Nadir case
  • Wednesday, 27 June, 2012
    World
    Turkey ‘urged Thatcher to save Polly Peck’
  • Tuesday, 26 June, 2012
    UK economy
    Nadir tells court why he fled UK
  • Saturday, 17 March, 2012
    Life & Arts
    UK property: schism among The Bishops

    The Bishops Avenue in north London contains a mix of new-builds and classic designs, but high costs are consistent throughout

  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2012
    World
    Court told how Nadir spent Polly Peck millions
  • Monday, 23 January, 2012
    UK economy
    Nadir stole millions from Polly Peck, court told
  • Monday, 23 January, 2012
    FT AlphavillePaul Murphy
    Snap news
  • Monday, 6 December, 2010
    FT AlphavilleGwen Robinson
    Weekend catch-up
  • Friday, 15 October, 2010
    UK economy
    Witness deaths hinder Polly Peck case
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