A UK solicitor who brought false claims about pothole damage to his car has been sentenced in court.
Alykhaan Nourani was found guilty of four counts of fraud relating to false vehicle damage claims. He was given an eight-month suspended sentence and ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work.
According to Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Nourani submitted claims for damage caused by potholes in November 2019 and then in April 2021.
But an internal insurance officer with the council had noticed anomalies on the second claim with an invoice Nourani provided from a local dealership. A similar pattern was found with the invoice for the first claim: the council’s corporate fraud team investigated and found the claims then to be false.
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