A convicted Libyan gun smuggler allegedly linked Prince Andrew to an accused fraudster who gave him £1 million ($1.3 million).
According to reports, the Duke of York and his former wife Sarah Ferguson received unusual payments from Selman Turk, a former Goldman Sachs banker, as part of a £40 million ($52.5 million) worldwide scam.
More Details Emerge on Prince Andrew Links With Selman Turk
Tarek Kaituni was found guilty of bringing a submachine gun into France in 2005. In August 2009, he was invited to Princess Beatrice's 21st birthday party in Spain, where he also presented her with a £18,000 ($23,620) diamond pendant, and in 2018, he attended Princess Eugenie's wedding.
Kaituni, a US citizen, subsequently boasted about his power over the Duke of York and assisted in the setting up of covert meetings with Libyan ruler Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. According to the Telegraph, Turk was introduced to Prince Andrew by Tarek Kaituni at a birthday celebration at Windsor Castle in the early summer of 2019.
Turk and Kaituni had met through mutual acquaintances just a few months before. During a visit to Windsor Great Park in February 2020, Turk uploaded photos of himself and Kaituni inside what seems to be Frogmore House, the royal palace. Turk and Kaituni met with Prince Andrew in London on at least two occasions after the original encounter. On December 5, 2019, the Duke hosted a dinner for possible investors at Turk apartment in South Kensington.
Prince Andrew's spokesperson declined to comment on the allegation. Prince Andrew is entangled in an unprecedented High Court dispute over allegations that he was handed money by a Turkish millionaire who was accused of defrauding her of her £40 million ($52.5 million) wealth.
According to court documents, Nebahat Isbilen sent the royal family a £750,000 ($984,281) gift. The 76-year-old was allegedly informed that the money would be used to help her obtain a passport so she could avoid Turkey's political persecution.
An additional £350,000 ($459,350) payment was reportedly sent to Prince Andrew through a third-party account, which was linked to Turk. The Duke of Edinburgh has refunded the £750,000 ($984,281) and there is no evidence that he was involved in the alleged scam, The Sun reported.
Prince Andrew Was Pictured With Turk Fraudster in 2019
Turk, Kaitani, and the Duke met on at least two occasions after that, including a dinner with possible investors in December 2019 at the suspected fraudster's residence in South Kensington, West London. Prince Andrew and Turk were last seen together in public in November 2019, when the latter received an award at the Duke of York's Dragons' Den-style competition Pitch@Palace.
He explained how he was launching Heyman Al, a new consumer-focused digital bank targeting millennials, in a video shared on the Pitch@Palace Twitter account. The next evening, Heyman AI received the People's Choice Award, and he was spotted shaking hands with the event's presenter, the Duke of Edinburgh.
But days later, Turk told an official from Isbilen's private bank that the £750,000 ($984,281) payment was a wedding gift. In court documents, Isbilen, who also attended the Pitch@Palace event has suggested the transfer could be connected to the award Turk won that evening. The prince has since repaid the cash after she alleged it was a scam, as per Daily Mail.
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