Two brothers who swapped houses to con taxpayer out of £315,000 walk FREE after judge claims ‘greatest punishment’ was loss of their good names

Daily Mail:

  • Mohammed Amin, 40, and his wife, Kauser Aktar, 38, live in Ilford, Essex
  • They switched homes with Aftab Ahmed, 39, and wife Sobia Shaheen, 32
  • It meant wives could pretend to be tenants and claim housing benefits
  • Pakistani couples with 11 children raked in £314,450, London court hears

By Mark Duell

PUBLISHED: 17:30 GMT, 11 February 2013 | UPDATED: 18:02 GMT, 11 February 2013

  • Two brothers who fleeced taxpayers out of £315,000 in a house-swapping scam involving their wives walked free after a judge said the ‘greatest punishment’ was the loss of their good names.

Mohammed Amin, 40, and his wife, Kauser Aktar, 38, switched homes with Aftab Ahmed, 39, and his wife Sobia Shaheen, 32, so the women could pretend to be tenants and claim housing benefits.

The Pakistani couples – who have 11 children between them – submitted bogus tenancy agreements for 16 years, raking in £314,452.25, Snaresbrook Crown Court in east London heard on Friday.

Mohammed Amin
Kauser Aktar

Fraud: Mohammed Amin (left), 40, and his wife, Kauser Aktar (right), 38, switched homes with Aftab Ahmed, 39, and his wife Sobia Shaheen, 32, so the women could pretend to be tenants and claim housing benefits

Amin and Aktar, who have seven children, pocketed £153,000 from the council in Ilford, Essex, and Aktar got £74,000 from the Department of Work and Pensions by pretending to be a single mother.

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5 Replies to “Two brothers who swapped houses to con taxpayer out of £315,000 walk FREE after judge claims ‘greatest punishment’ was loss of their good names”

  1. Justice in Britain has been trashed; education has been trashed; government is trashed. The only action that will make a difference is feet on the street. It may even be too late now.

  2. Typical of these lying, thieving Musloids, it’s just the jizya to them.
    It’s time to do a thorough purge of these good-for-nothing layabouts!