How Britain’s Richest Family Went From Celebrity Parties to Prison Cells

In a stunning fall from grace, four members of the billionaire Hinduja family were sentenced to jail in Switzerland late last week over allegations that they subjected their household staff to illegally oppressive conditions.

The conviction will surely cause their roster of high-profile connections to pull back from the family, which remains Britain’s wealthiest clan. The Sunday Times pegs their net worth at more than $45 billion. (Forbes estimates a more modest $20 billion.)

Prakash Hinduja, who chairs the European operation of the family’s namesake conglomerate, received a four-and-a-half-year sentence, as did his wife, Kamal. Their son Ajay received a four-year sentence, alongside his wife, Namrata.

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