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Vijay Mallya fights UBS bid to foreclose $26.6-million London house loan

Mallya is 'one of, if not the, largest individual judgment debtor in British history,' UBS said in court filings

Vijay Mallya
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Vijay Mallya

Kaye Wiggins | Bloomberg
UBS Group AG is trying to foreclose on a 20.4 million-pound ($26.6 million) mortgage loan on former billionaire Vijay Mallya’s London house, which overlooks the capital’s Regent’s Park.

The bank is seeking possession of the property, which Mallya - an Indian tycoon who’s battling extradition in a separate case - used as a family home. It says Rose Capital Ventures, the company that took out the mortgage, hasn’t repaid it.

Mallya, a high-profile figure in India where he’s referred to as the “King of Good Times,” hoped to turn the site - previously used as offices - into a “beautiful

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