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Fake car insurance policies land teen behind bars

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Fake car insurance policies land teen behind bars

If you're planning to write fraudulent insurance policies, it might be wise not to pretend you're a big insurer.

A 19-year-old British man has been sentenced to a year in jail for fraud by false representation after being caught selling fake car insurance allegedly branded as Allianz policies using the U.K.'s free classified website gumtree.com, according to reports.

The troubles started for Azeem Mahmood Hussain of Walsall, England, after police started pulling over drivers with invalid coverage that could not be confirmed by Allianz, reports said. That led to an investigation by the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department.

According to the Walsall Advertiser news site, gumtree.com has removed its insurance section to prevent future crimes.

Detective Sgt. Matt Hussey of the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department told the Advertiser: “Hussain is one of the youngest ever people we've dealt with for insurance fraud. This was a crude attempt to make some fast cash from his bedroom. He was advertising cheap motor insurance deals on Gumtree and sadly he was able to con some people into thinking he was a genuine broker.

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