Property fraudster who sold houses he did not own gets 10 years

A serial fraudster who carried out one of Britain’s biggest ever property swindles to buy yachts and 19 luxury cars has been jailed for ten years. Anopkumar Maudhoo, 46, made at least £8.5m from 45 victims by selling them homes he did not own across London and the South East. Maudhoo ran a large-scale conveyancing scam offering investment opportunities in the purchase of repossessed properties and the redevelopment of plots of land. But in reality the houses were not subject…