Five year fraud investigation results in 33 guilty pleas
A five year investigation by Bedfordshire Police into a major insurance fraud by an organised criminal enterprise based in Luton has concluded with three of the last four defendants being found guilty at Luton Crown Court.
Kamsan Mahmood, 42 of Long Meadow Farm, Chalton, Istafa Hussain, 35, of Lincoln Road, Luton and Peter Charlery, 45, of Long Meadow Farm, Chalton, were all found guilty of conspiracy to defraud. Irtiza Fazal, 40, of Lincoln Road was found not guilty by the jury following a seven week- long trial.
The three convicted men were all remanded in custody and will be sentenced on April 27 at Luton Crown Court.
The investigation, codenamed Operation Exhort, resulted in a total of 38 defendants appearing
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