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Fugitive tycoon says he’s returning to UK (AP)

August 26th, 2010

In this Friday, May 30, 1997 file picture Asil Nadir the former chairman of food and electronics conglomerate 'Polly Peck' gestures during the press conference in Istanbul,Turkey. A tycoon who fled Britain almost two decades ago following the spectacular collapse of his business empire told British media Thursday that he is returning to London to face charges of fraud.Asil Nadir said he was on his way to Britain to write the final chapter of a boom-and-bust story that tarnished the reputation of the Conservative Party — to which he was a major donor — and made him a fugitive from British justice for 17 years.(AP Photo/Murad Sezer/File)AP - A tycoon who fled Britain almost two decades ago following the spectacular collapse of his business empire is returning to London to face charges of fraud, officials said Thursday.


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