Vashi Domínguez left a trail of financial wreckage and enraged investors in his wake after his London jewellery firm crashed – and now no one can find him
For John Caudwell, the giveaway was the bespoke diamond ring. One of Britain’s wealthiest men had decided to put his investment in a diamond retailer called Vashi to the test with some mystery shopping.
“I asked them to design a ring for me. It was terrible,” says the founder of Phones 4u. “They claimed to be experts in design but the customer service was poor – it was slow, not effective and not a good design.”