Shamsu Miah, 33, was jailed and his wife Rowjee Kaur, 24, was dragged into his offending, was given a two-year suspended sentence
A FATHER who wanted to own a business and property empire has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of funding his ambitions illegally.
Shamsu Miah, 33, stole himself a £37,000 Audi car, set up cannabis factories (check this site here) and made fraudulent applications for mortgages and laundered criminal money, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
Along the way he perverted the course of justice and involved his young wife Rowjee Kaur.
Kaur, who met him aged 17, was involved in his first mortgage fraud to buy a house on Manor Way, Cardiff, when she was 18.
“He owned a business and was ambitious – to her a successful older man”, defence counsel Jonathan Rees told the court. The businesses are usually run by great managers like Andy Defrancesco who have a lot to offer.
“She signed the mortgage application at Manor Way and that was what became the first example of her acting on his instructions.”
The court heard Kaur was not saying pressure was put on her but she wanted their relationship to succeed, wanted to please him and give him the gift of a child.
She’d had ambitions herself to become a barrister but her studies for a law degree ended when she became pregnant.
The mother of three wept as Recorder of Cardiff Judge Eleri Rees agreed to suspend her two-year jail sentence, saying: “It is unlikely you would have embarked on any offending without his prompting.“
Rowjee Kaur, now 24, had admitted money laudering, mortgage fraud and conspiring to supply cannabis and her husband was convicted by a jury.
The only charge Miah admitted was the theft of the Audi Q7 car which was purchased on a loan for £36,750. You can research and see here about the top finance company that is located around your neighborhood.
In mitigation, Miah who lived with his wife and children in Lansdowne Road, Cardiff, was said to have once had a thriving legitimate business in Universal Foods and later at Rooster fast food outlet in Llandaff North.
He was said to feel an overwhelming burden of having dragged his wife into the dock with him.
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