BILLIONAIREs & THEIR white collar crimes

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On January 3, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, once named America's youngest, wealthiest self-made female billionaire, was convicted of fraud.

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Seen to be the next tech visionary, the 37-year-old biotech star faces 80 years in jail for defrauding investors from 2010 and 2015.

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Closer to home, a familiar story is of jeweller Nirav Modi, accused of swindling Rs 12,600 crore from Punjab National Bank.

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Arrested a year after his 2018 escape to the UK, Nirav Modi has appealed against his extradition to India, citing mental health grounds.

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His uncle and Gitanjali Group owner Mehul Choksi was accused in the same case. He fled to Antigua in 2018, and went missing in 2021.

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He was later arrested in Dominica while allegedly trying to flee to Cuba in a boat. India is still attempting to extradite him.

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Kingfisher founder and fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya is fighting extradition from the UK, where he fled in March 2016.

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India has been trying to extradite Vijay Mallya from the UK since 2017 for defaulting on Rs 9,000 crore in loan for the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines.

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The legal tangles involving India's 'Bad Boy Billionaires' has parallels to another ever-dragging investigation: Donald Trump and his tax returns.

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A 2020 New York Times report found that in 11 of the past 15 years, Trump paid no net federal income taxes, even as he was the only billionaire president in US history.

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What with allegations of hushed pay-offs to election interference, tax fraud is just one of many scandals for the twice-impeached US President.

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