Indian students jailed in UK for car scam

Two Indian PhD students in the UK who carried out an elaborate car sale scam in the east Midlands,have been jailed and face deportation to India after completing their sentence.

Zubair Ansari and Sharif Uddin,the two married students enrolled at the Loughborough University duped unsuspecting buyers out of thousands of pounds.

They sold cars whose mileage meters were turned back,carried forged certificates,bogus service histories and false hire purchase reports.

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Ansari (33) has been jailed for 18 months after being convicted by the Leicester Crown Court of conspiracy to carry on a business for fraudulent purposes between August 2007 and August 2008.

Uddin (33),who admitted the same conspiracy charge,was jailed for 12 months.

He also admitted supplying goods with a false trades description and engaging in unfair commercial practise.

The two ran their company in their own names,and bought cars with high mileages at auction.

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They then sold them on,after turning back the odometers,at a profit of between 1,000 pounds and 1,500 pounds each.

When officials searched Ansari’s house,they found a 900 pounds electronic clocking device and fake garage stamps.

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