A popular London insurance company became suspicious when a client complained that his wife had been electrocuted while ironing clothes during a visit to her Mother in Pakistan. The man told this insurance company that he had not seen or heard from his wife in over two weeks. He was apparently very distraught when his Mother-in-law telephoned him to say that his wife had an accident. She told him that his wife was mopping the floor and then stopped to do the ironing. Whilst doing the ironing she accidentally dropped the iron into the mop bucket and electrocuted herself. Everyone who heard this story found this very strange- not least because the couple had taken out a large insurance policy on her life the previous year.

Nationwide Investigations sent an investigator to Pakistan and set up a surveillance on the man’s Mother-in-law’s home. The agent discovered that the man’s wife was not dead. She had been photographed brushing the driveway and doing shopping in the market. The lady was obviously still alive and her death certificate had been forged. When the insurance company received the agent’s report they were not surprised but were very pleased with the work Nationwide Investigators had done. The man was taken to court and with the help of Nationwide Investigations was charged with conspiracy to defraud the insurance company of £250,000.

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