A former east London councillor has been warned he could face jail for a decade-long housing fraud that was uncovered while he was in office.The place...? Where else? Tower Hamlets.
Boy, were you ever wrong, Ben...
Muhammad Harun, 49, remained on the Tower Hamlets social housing list while owning a property within the borough and another in neighbouring Barking.
Harun, a solicitor, cost the council about £125,000 which could have been spent on housing vulnerable families for the duration of the con.And look at his associations:
Judge English (Ed: *chuckles*) warned him he faces jail because of the length of time the fraud went on for and the number of housing claims he made.One to watch...
H/T: PresumingEd via Twitter
4 comments:
It is JUST possible that a Labour thief, who also holds other aces as a coloured solicitor of a certain religious persuasion and who also enjoys protection from bent confederates of the same Institute and the support of other Labour conspirators...sorry, councillors...may actually serve a richly-deserved jail sentence.
Beautiful British name.
Jaded
"£125,000 which could have been spent on housing vulnerable families"
That's not really much better. It could have been left in the taxpayers pocket
"That's not really much better. It could have been left in the taxpayers pocket"
That's where I'd prefer to see it!
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