World News | Bankrupt Indian man jailed in UK for hiding property

LONDON, November 1 (PTI) An Indian-born man living in a spa town in central England who had his bankruptcy restrictions extended by 10 years for financial misconduct three years ago has now been charged after failing to meet his promises. Sentenced to 8 months in prison. Disclose rental properties to their trustees.

Sukhwinderjit Singh Sanghera from Leamington Spa, also known as Sukhi Sanghera, went bankrupt by order of Warwick County Court in August 2017 with debts of more than £140,000.

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His affairs are controlled by the Official Receiver in the UK Official Receiver’s Office, who is obliged to disclose all his assets, including property, to officials.

However, he did not mention that he was the sole owner of a rental property in Coventry, which was earning £1,900 a month.

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He appeared at Warwick Crown Court in the West Midlands last week and was sentenced on four counts of fraud.

According to the Official Receiver’s Office, the court noted that Sangra was a “grossly flawed and dishonest person… who had a blatant disregard for the law and the authorities.” His eight-month sentence will run concurrently on all four charges of breaching the 2006 Fraud Act.

“On many occasions, Sukhi Sanghera had the opportunity to honestly disclose to his trustees that he had benefited from rental properties. Instead, Sukhi Sanghera went to great lengths to conceal Coventry’s properties through fraud and deception to avoid paying creditors what they owed ,” said Glenn Weeks, principal investigator for bankruptcy services.

“The court has recognised the seriousness of Sukhi Sanghera’s conduct and his jail sentence shows that people are at risk if they do not declare all their assets in bankruptcy proceedings,” he said.

As part of the bankruptcy, Sangra had to disclose all of his assets, including property, to the Official Receiver and his trustees. The Official Receiver had previously sought further insolvency restrictions on Sukhi Sanghera because of the risk he posed to creditors.

In August 2019, the government accepted his 10-year bankruptcy limit commitment. Following an investigation by the Official Receiver, the property was then registered as an asset in Sukhi Sanghera’s estate and sold, raising more than £70,000 for the bankruptcy order.

Bankruptcy restrictions are usually lifted after a year, but in this case the UK government imposed a 10-year commitment on Sukhi Sanghera after he did not challenge his failure to disclose the property to the Official Receiver.

The restrictions mean the 53-year-old is barred from borrowing more than £500 without telling lenders he is bankrupt, cannot serve as a company director without court permission and is barred from being an elected MP for his district.

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