Tuesday 12 July 2011

Tenant jailed for five years over mortgage fraud

A tenant who stole her landlords’ identities to try and con mortgages and loans worth £3m has been jailed for five years.

Most of her cons were unsuccessful, but she did obtain £515,900.

Feruza Mettrick, a 33-year-old independent financial adviser with knowledge of mortgages, targeted properties being let in Leeds, Huddersfield and Harrogate. She looked for properties which had no outstanding loans or borrowing against them, via letting agents.

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