Couple on trial for £10m BoS mortgage scam

Chartered surveyor Mary-Jane Rathie, allegedly overvalued London properties for money and high-end cars, reported the BBC. Rathie was said to have received £900,000 in cheques and money transfers plus a Bentley Continental and a Range Rover Sport. The vehicles, together worth nearly £200,000, were both registered in the name of her husband David, a Metropolitan Police officer with the central London traffic unit. David Durose, prosecuting, said: "This was payment to Rathie for her dishonest valuations." He said the money was used to pay off a mortgage and to buy a new property. ...