A married couple from Harrow have been jailed for committing insurance fraud which spanned more than a decade.
Rehman Kahn, 61, and Shagufta Kahn, 56, both of Greenleaf Way, Harrow, made more than £18,000 worth of fraudulent claims on their Simplyhealth policies between January 2002 and February 2012. They plead guilty to fraud by false representation in March, and were sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment at the Old Bailey on Monday shortly after being made to pay back the full sum.
In 2013 a routine audit of their account revealed a number of invoices which, when investigated, proved to be fraudulent.
After further investigation, it became clear that both Rehman and Shagufta had been submitting false claims throughout the duration of their policies. The case was referred to detectives from the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED), who arrested the couple in January 2014.
Over the course of ten years, the pair submitted 245 claims for treatment they said they had received at various medical centres.
Investigating officers found they had been altering genuine invoices in order to receive bigger pay-outs, and in many cases had simply fabricated claims entirely.
