Conman, 62, who fleeced Royal Mail out of gbp77million over a decade while buying himself luxury cars is jailed after duping service with false declarations in 'biggest ever' postal scam

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Narinder Sandhu, 62, lived in mansion in Buckinghamshire with Bentley on drive
Sandhu ran the swindle with brother Parmjeet, 56, and James Mooney, 44

Conman, 62, who fleeced Royal Mail out of gbp77million over a decade while buying himself luxury cars is jailed after duping service with false declarations in 'biggest ever' postal scam.

Narinder Sandhu, 62, lived in a multi-million-pound mansion in Buckinghamshire with an indoor pool, while he kept a Bentley and a Rolls Royce on the driveway.

Narinder, the owner and director of Pack post International LTD (PPIL), ran the decade-long swindle from 2005, along with brother Parmjeet Sandhu, 56 and James Mooney, 44, between 2008 and 2017.

They made false declarations about the quantity, weight, class, and destination of mail to scam the Royal Mail and other operations.

Narinder was today jailed for four years, while Parmjeet and Mooney were handed suspended sentences.

Narinder Sandhu, 62, fleeced the Royal Mail out of £77 million over a decade and lived in a multi-million-pound mansion in Buckinghamshire

Ellis Sareen, prosecuting, told jurors how Parmjeet was 'integral' to the fraud, but not rewarded as generously compared to his brother.

He said: 'His [Parmjeet's] rewards were commensurate with the importance of his work.

'He did not do as well as Narinder Sandhu out of this fraud. Narinder Sandhu and his wife Jaswinder had a multi-million-pound home near Beaconsfield. As well as a Bentley, a Rolls Royce, a pool house, etc.

'His declared income - what he was paying tax on - was about £1 million per year towards the end of the period that the fraud was running.

'Parmjeet Sandhu did not become as wealthy as his brother Narinder, but he still made a lot of money out of the fraud.

'In the tax year 2014/15 he declared an income to HMRC of £495,000 per annum.

'Notwithstanding a financially disadvantageous divorce settlement, as of December 2020 he owned real property - houses, flats - worth around £2.6million, with equity of around £1.3million, largely funded from the companies involved in the fraud.

'However, it is important not to fall into the trap of thinking that because the loss to Royal Mail was in excess of £70million, there must be a sum this large stashed away somewhere.

'Some of the gain obtained by defrauding Royal Mail and other postal operators was passed on to customers with lower prices.'

A total of 433 spreadsheets were also discovered which showed PPIL paid £1.7million for postal services when the figure should have been £6million.

Defending, Narinder Sandhu, Gideon Cammerman, KC, said: 'As he moves through his 40's he is healthy, financially secure and in a stable home, he then went on to commit a very serious and prolonged fraud and it would not be overstating this to say not only has it ruined his life, but that of his wife and family.

He kept a Bentley and a Rolls Royce on the driveway and his home had an indoor pool

Narinder, Parmjeet, and Mooney were today sentenced at Southwark Crown Court (pictured)

'He is now 62, in poor health, has handed over all his wealth, large parts of which were dishonestly obtained, some not, his marriage is over, and he attends court from Wandsworth in disgrace.'

Defending Parmjeet Sandhu, Tom Price KC said: 'He was clearly brought into the fraud. He acted under direction from his elder brother.'

Defending Mooney, Stanley Reiz said: 'We accept he played a significant role in group activity.

'He was initially an administrative assistant; he had a job where he was acting on instructions and it involved data entry.

'Over time he, by chance, learnt of the fraud and was recruited into it by a director of the company.

'This was a young man without higher education and without any significant qualifications who was on a lowly paid job and was recruited into the fraud.'

Sentencing the three men Judge Philip Bartle KC said: 'The Royal Mail operated a self-declaration system for large customers.

'These three defendants took advantage of this weakness to persistently under-declare mail for almost a decade.'

He added: 'I accept on the case of each of these defendant they are genuinely remorseful.

'I have no doubt, they are genuinely remorseful and that is shown in their willingness to make not only compensation but, very, very, substantial compensation.'

Narinder Sandhu was sentenced to four years. He will only serve half the term before he is released on licence.

Parmjeet Sandhu and James Mooney were both handed suspended sentences. Parmjeet Sandhu was given 24 months prison suspended for two years and Mooney was handed 21 months suspended for two years.

Parmjeet Sandhu must also complete 150 hours of unpaid work.

Both Narinder, of Hadley Grange, Jordans Way, Beaconsfield, and his company PPIL admitted conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

Parmjeet, of Wellesley Avenue, Iver, admitted obtaining services dishonestly while director of Tiger international Logistics LTD and Worldwide Transport Express Ltd.

Mooney, originally from Sydney, Australia, but now of Bournemouth, Dorset, admitted conspiracy to commit fraud whilst director of Unique Logistic Solutions.

[flimflamman]

77 million,bet they don't mention that in next month's courier

[pinstripe]

77 million,bet they don't mention that in next month's courier

Doubt it, but I can see a new board member being announced

[Dorset Plodder]

Related to another post:

Royal Mail Internal Revenue Investigations OBVIOUSLY weren't really switched on to this con?

I find it stunning that he got away with it for so long. We had a guy running a similiar con in our area (lying about the weight/price of items despatched for his mail order business) he was sorted out and procecuted within the year, by using the Red X Revenue Protection Tags.

That £77 million would have paid for a couple of months of RMs lost operating costs.

But lets blame the lazy, workshy workforce eh?

[Moose67]

Perhaps they will investigate board now for the hundreds of millions given to the shareholder

[nutcracker]

That’s literally millions of items of mail…there must have been some inside help… the sentences are a joke

[baldrick]

Article doesn't state, but presumably RM will be going after mansion, cars, property and assets to recoup the £77m under Proceeds of Crime legislation?

[CarryingMGMT]

Article doesn't state, but presumably RM will be going after mansion, cars, property and assets to recoup the £77m under Proceeds of Crime legislation?

Highly doubtful. RM don't care about 'single' cases of criminality unless it's a posties genuine mistake