Posted on 04/01/2022 1:15:34 AM PDT by RandFan
Prince Andrew has become embroiled in a legal riddle over a £750,000 payment ($1m) from a Turkish millionairess.
Nebahat Isbilen, 77, who claims to have been scammed out of fortune by a dishonest businessman, was allegedly tricked into giving the Duke of York money 'by way of payment for assistance' with her passport, a court heard.
The prince has since repaid the cash after she alleged it was a scam. She said she had been hoodwinked by a middleman.
Details of the extraordinary case, which have emerged at the High Court, come only a month after Andrew settled an alleged rape case against him in the American courts. The court case has been brought by Mrs Isbilen, the wealthy wife of a Turkish MP jailed in their homeland in what was said to be a politically motivated imprisonment.
She came to live in Britain, and entrusted her vast fortune – some $87million (£66million) – to a London-based Turkish businessman and former banker, Selman Turk, who was tasked with moving her wealth out of reach of their political enemies in Turkey, the court heard.
But her arrangement with Mr Turk, 35, turned sour and she is suing him. She claims Mr Turk 'dishonestly misappropriated' some $50million (£38million) of her money, the High Court has been told.
The complex case is ongoing, no trial has taken place and the allegations have not been resolved. But in preliminary hearings, it was alleged that substantial sums were paid to the Duke and Duchess of York.
In a court document setting out Mrs Isbilen's claims, it is suggested she was fooled into paying the royal.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Inbred on inbred crime. The untold story.
Sounds like a pile of Istanbul
Whatever on earth is this?
Very briefly mentions a mysterious 48-hour trip Andrew made to China in 2016...
From January of this year...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10455705/Prince-Andrew-branded-Beijings-useful-idiot.html
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