Mortgage broker jailed for fraud

Tahir Malik, a broker from Slough, concealed his convictions and bankruptcy, made in his former name of Amjad Ali, in order to become an appointed representative of Mortgage Next. He pleaded guilty to obtaining services from Mortgage Next by deception in 2004 and two counts of fraud. Malik also admitted to eight other offences, several of which involved another man from Slough, Patrick Kamande, and one which also involved Kamande's wife, Mary Kimani. These offences concerned the purchase by Kamande of properties on mortgages brokered by Malik. Two of these were made under a fals...