Sukhi Sanghera appeared at Warwick Crown Court on 27 October, where he was sentenced before HHJ Berlin after he was charged with four counts of fraud.
The court heard that Mr Sanghera (50) was made bankrupt in August 2017 by order of the County Court in Warwick, with debts of over £140,000. The official receiver was appointed trustee before other trustees were appointed to administer Mr Sanghera’s affairs.
As part of his bankruptcy, Mr Sanghera, also known as Sukhwinderjit Singh Sanghera or Sukhwinder Singh Sanghera, was obliged to disclose all his assets to the official receiver and his trustees, including property.
Mr Sanghera, however, failed to disclose to either set of trustees that he was the sole owner of a rental property in Coventry that hich yielded a monthly rental income of £1,900.
Due to the risk he posed to creditors, the official receiver previously sought further bankruptcy restrictions against Mr Sanghera.
In August 2019, the Secretary of State accepted a 10-year bankruptcy restrictions undertaking from Mr Sanghera after he did not dispute that he failed to disclose the property to the official receiver.
Upon sentence, the judge commented that Mr Sanghera was a “profoundly flawed and dishonest man… who showed a flagrant disregard for the law and authorities.”
Mr Sanghera received eight-month sentences on all four charges contrary to the Fraud Act 2006 and will serve them concurrently.
Glenn Wicks, chief investigator for the Insolvency Service, said at multiple points, Mr Sanghera had the opportunity to be honest and disclose to his trustees that he benefited from a rental property. Instead, Mr Sanghera went to great lengths to conceal the property in Coventry through fraud and deception to avoid paying his creditors what they were owed.
