FRAUDSTERS who committed a series of mortgage offences have both been jailed at Reading Crown Court.

Tahir Malik, 44, from Wexham Road, Slough, was jailed for a total of six-and-a-half years on Friday, April 13, after pleading guilty to three counts of obtaining a money transfer by deception seven counts of fraud and one count of obtaining services by deception.

Malik was a mortgage broker who ran a business in Farnham Road, Slough, called Enterprise Mortgage Solutions.

Patrick Kamande, 34, from Trent Road, Slough, was jailed for a total of six years while his wife, Mary Kimani, 30, from Elliman Avenue, Slough, received a 10-month sentence, suspended for 18 months.

The charges involving Kamande concerned properties bought by him with mortgages brokered by Malik under false names.

Kamande pleaded guilty to possession of false details with intent, not guilty to five counts of fraud and not guilty to two counts of obtaining money transfers by deception.

Kimani pleaded not guilty to one count of fraud.

Kamande and Kimani were both found guilty on February 15 of all the offences they had denied.

Det Sgt Nick Bell from the Thames Valley Police Economic Crime Unit, said: "This was a complex mortgage fraud case involving numerous mortgages and false identities.

"Det Con Pete Nicholson did a fantastic job carrying out a thorough investigation.

"We are very pleased with the substantial sentences given to Malik and Kamande."