Launderette-based insurance ghost brokers jailed

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Fraudsters sentenced to three years and seven months, and 16 months in prison respectively.

Two fraudsters involved in an elaborate ghost broking operation run from their launderette in Tottenham have been jailed for conspiracy to defraud insurance companies.

Raza Mir, 44, of Plashet Grove, East Ham and Muhammed Asif, 38, of Glenny Road, Barking were sentenced on 24 May at London Inner Crown Court having entered guilty pleas on 24 April.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) detailed that both were arrested in February last year.

The organisation noted that what looked like a legitimate

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