A man was stopped by police driving the same car he had fraudulently claimed had been stolen several months earlier.
Nahman Mohammed, of Easterly Avenue, Gipton, had made £18,000 after telling police and his insurer that his Volkswagen Golf had been stolen from his driveway back in March 2021.On March 15, 2021, Mohammed reported to the police that his Volkswagen Golf had been stolen from his driveway. He also made a claim to his insurer that the car, which he had purchased on finance, had been stolen.
Following this, Mohammed’s insurer launched a compensation claim for £1,719, in order to cover recovery and storage of the vehicle.Mitigating for Mohammed, Catherine Silverton told the court: “He takes full responsibility."He has a job starting next week as a taxi driver.”Sentencing Mohammed, Judge Simon Batiste said: “What caused you to report your car stolen and make a claim against it is difficult to understand, beyond it being pure greed.
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