Amber Gold affair is one of the biggest financial scandals to hit Poland since the fall of communism in 1989.

It was pretty much all the money Bozena Oracz had after a working life as an accountant: the equivalent of $15,000. She placed it in a fund investing in gold, with the hope of paying for her daughter's studies and getting treatment for a bad knee.Those dreams were dashed when she discovered she had fallen victim to an elaborate fraud scheme that has left thousands of Poles, many of them elderly, facing financial ruin.The so-called Amber Gold affair is one of the biggest financial scandals to hit Poland since the fall...

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Former fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir has been found guilty of three counts of theft by an Old Bailey jury, which is still considering a further nine counts.

Asil Nadir faced 13 counts of theft over the collapse of his Polly Peck business empire (Picture: AP)The 71-year-old, from Mayfair, is accused of looting his Polly Peck business empire of £34million between 1987 and 1990.Nadir, who was cleared of one count of theft by the jury of three women and seven men, fled Britain in 1993 but returned in 2010.Mr Justice Holroyde has told the jury at the Old Bailey that he will accept verdicts of nine to one...

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A most-wanted list of 20 alleged tax-dodgers accused of fleeing the UK while owing the Treasury millions has been issued in an appeal for help to track them down.

 Names and pictures of the fugitives have been published by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for the first time. They include Hussain Chohan, 44, believed to be in Dubai, who was convicted at Birmingham crown court for his role in a £200m fraud, part of which involved importing 2.25 tonnes of tobacco worth £750,000 in duty. Chohan was given 11 years for smuggling and fraud offences and for failing to appear in court. He is also subject to a £33m confiscation order.Wayne Joseph Hardy, 49, believed to be in South Africa, was convicted...

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