Billionaire celebrity jeweller arrested in U.K.
LONDON -- Diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, whose jewels once adorned stars from Bollywood to Hollywood, was ordered held without bail in London on Wednesday, more than a year after Indian authorities alleged he was involved in a $1.8 billion bank fraud. A judge remanded Modi into custody at the end of a Westminster Magistrates' Court hearing. District Judge Marie Mallon said there was a risk Modi wouldn't appear for future hearings because of his access to large sums of money that could help him evade
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