Fake car insurance policy broker made over £18,000

30-year-old Gurwinder Virdee happened to sell over 40 fake car insurance policies, illegally earning about £18,000. Virdee has now been sentenced to 23 months and two weeks in prison, suspended for two years. He was sentenced at the Inner London Crown Court on Wednesday. It was reported that he did this over a five-week period in 2017, wherein £150 to £200 were credited into Virdee’s bank account, citing “insurance” as the motive. FT reported, “The payments totalled £17,700, which raised suspicions as Virdee’s salary was £1,300 a month. Police have redoubled efforts to crack down on insurance scammers, who are targeting young motorists on social media. Victims are offered cheap cover and given fake documents. They find out they are uninsured only when they make a claim.”