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Meet Nirav's A-Team that may have helped him pull off Rs 14,000-cr scam

After all, he employed over 2,200 people and it's a matter of conjecture as to why someone didn't blow the whistle earlier

Nirav Modi
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Pavan Lall Mumbai
How did fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi pull off what he is accused of — the country’s biggest banking fraud at Punjab National Bank, worth over Rs 14,000 crore — without an army of trusted lieutenants while keeping his moves under wraps? After all, he employed over 2,200 people and it’s a matter of conjecture as to why someone didn’t blow the whistle earlier. It turns out that while his family council was involved, he also — according to a report submitted to a US Bankruptcy Court by an appointed examiner — had a highly organised core management team. The common