Ghost broker sentenced for selling fraudulent Esure policies
The fraudster had previously pleaded guilty in June this year to fraud by false representation, money laundering, forgery, and to the offence of being an unauthorised broker.
A man has been sentenced for fraudulently obtaining more than 40 car insurance policies while posing as a broker and pocketing nearly £18,000 over a five-week period.
The City of London Police said in a statement that Gurwinder Virdee, 30, of Gregory Road, Southall, London, had acted as a ghost broker.
However, in reality Virdee was not a broker with an Esure agency, and he used false details and forged documentation to reduce the cost of premiums.
Virdee was sentenced to 23 months and two
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