The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity.
A court heard that Bhavander Singh Sanghera defrauded landlords and their tenants and ordered his staff to make false claims.
Sanghera was the owner of two properties in Wolverhampton, both let by EBS Property Limited, trading as Martin & Co Wolverhampton, where Sanghera was the sole company director.
In one incident, in 2012, a tenant renting one property discovered a physical connection between its electricity and gas meters and the supply to a neighbouring property.
A Birmingham Nail report of the court proceedings says: “Martin & Co falsely advised the tenant that they were liable to pay for the neighbouring property’s utilities under the guise that they had been given a discounted rate in rent.”
Then in 2016 another tenant of the same property had their 845 deposit wrongly withheld.
The Mail says: “The court heard how Sanghera ordered employees at Martin & Co to add excessive markups on maintenance costs issued to landlords, so the franchise could meet monthly targets.”
It continues: “Sanghera, who also owned a maintenance company Genuine Interiors LTD, fabricated invoices for work which was not carried out, such as the removal of personal belongings. His staff were also advised to get friends and family to post fabricated positive reviews of the business on Google.”
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