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Jewels, Rolex Watches Seized from Fugitive in Mortgage Scam

British authorities have seized diamond-encrusted Rolex watches, flashy necklaces, and gold and silver from the safe deposit box of a fugitive wanted for his alleged role in a £50 million ($64 million) mortgage scam. So reports Reuters.

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said it had confiscated about $638,500 worth of jewelry linked to Nisar Afzal, including a gold ring with his first name on it.

The SFO claims that Afzal was involved in a fraud against mortgage lenders that landed his brother, Saghir Afzal, a 13-year prison sentence in 2011.

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