Indian origin couple jailed for fraud in in UK
10 Dec, 2006 IANS
LONDON: An Indian origin couple in Britain has been jailed for two years for lying that the husband had died during a visit to India and then fraudulently claiming more than 600,000 pounds from insurance companies.
Geta and Sharanjit Gill, based in Kempston, Bedford, were part of an elaborate plan to claim money from British insurance companies after claiming that the husband had died following a heart attack in Kartarpur, Punjab, in November 2003.
The two pleaded guilty to six charges of attempted deception between November 2003 and March 2004 at a hearing before the Luton Crown Court last week. Britain-born Mrs Gill, 40, wept as she was jailed.
Judge Richard Foster said: "Greed played a considerable part in your thinking when you decided to go through with this attempted fraud. I have thought long and hard about the effects on your children, but those effects are the fault of you and your husband.
"Being a mother cannot give you immunity from your criminal conduct."
According to prosecuting lawyer Michael Speak, an insurance investigator was appointed because the 'death' had occurred overseas and because of the large sum involved. According to the original version, the family had gone to India on November 19, 2003.
LONDON: An Indian origin couple in Britain has been jailed for two years for lying that the husband had died during a visit to India and then fraudulently claiming more than 600,000 pounds from insurance companies.
Geta and Sharanjit Gill, based in Kempston, Bedford, were part of an elaborate plan to claim money from British insurance companies after claiming that the husband had died following a heart attack in Kartarpur, Punjab, in November 2003.
The two pleaded guilty to six charges of attempted deception between November 2003 and March 2004 at a hearing before the Luton Crown Court last week. Britain-born Mrs Gill, 40, wept as she was jailed.
Judge Richard Foster said: "Greed played a considerable part in your thinking when you decided to go through with this attempted fraud. I have thought long and hard about the effects on your children, but those effects are the fault of you and your husband.
"Being a mother cannot give you immunity from your criminal conduct."
According to prosecuting lawyer Michael Speak, an insurance investigator was appointed because the 'death' had occurred overseas and because of the large sum involved. According to the original version, the family had gone to India on November 19, 2003.
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