Fraudster who 'milked adoptive country' pays back fraction

A fraudster who conned taxpayers out of more than £1million has been ordered to pay back only a fraction of his criminal earnings.

Pakistani-born Nawaz Sharif, 38, 'milked his adopted country’ and lived a life of luxury, with multiple homes in Slough and a large mansion in his native country, a judge heard.

But after a two-and-a half-day hearing in which Sharif denied owning a portfolio of properties and luxury cars and accused the prosecution of 'double counting’ his money, Judge Mary Jane Mowat conceded that his realisable assets were only £116,341.

Last Thursday he was ordered to pay back the amount within six months, or be sent to prison for two years.

For full story see the Slough Express newspaper