Mega Edition: The Prince Of Frauds (8/22/26)

Prince Andrew became embroiled in another controversy after it emerged that he had received £750,000 from Selman Turk, a Turkish businessman who was later accused of fraud. The money was transferred in 2019 after Turk became involved with Nebahat Isbilen, a wealthy Turkish woman who had entrusted him with handling her financial affairs after her husband was imprisoned in Turkey. According to court allegations, Turk told Isbilen that the £750,000 payment was needed to help secure assistance from Prince Andrew in obtaining a new Turkish passport. The money ultimately reached Andrew, even though there was no clear conventional explanation for why a member of the royal family would receive such a large personal payment in connection with a passport matter. The transaction later surfaced as part of Isbilen’s civil fraud case against Turk, placing Andrew in the uncomfortable position of having accepted a substantial sum originating from a woman who said she had been deceived.


Andrew denied knowing that the money was connected to any alleged fraud, and the £750,000 was eventually repaid after the circumstances became public and lawyers began asking questions. But the episode reinforced a broader pattern of questionable financial relationships surrounding the prince, particularly his willingness to associate with wealthy businessmen whose backgrounds and motives later came under scrutiny. The controversy was especially damaging because Turk had reportedly been introduced into royal circles and had even received an award connected to Andrew’s Pitch@Palace initiative. While Andrew was not accused of participating in Turk’s alleged fraud, the payment raised obvious questions about his judgment, what he understood about the purpose of the money, and why basic safeguards apparently failed before such an extraordinary sum landed in his account.


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