Postal fraud £70m plot admitted by Berkshire and Buckinghamshire firms

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Postal fraud £70m plot admitted by Berkshire and Buckinghamshire firms
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The firms falsely declared the quantity, class and weight of mail for nine years, a court hears.

Three companies have admitted cheating the Royal Mail out of more than £70m by falsely declaring mail weights, class and destinations.

Tiger International Logistics, Worldwide Transport Express and Global Express Worldwide pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in a trial held at Southwark Crown Court.Sentencing was adjourned until October.Parmjeet Sandu's nephew, Balginder Sandhu, 46, of Slough, and Lakhwinder Sekhon, 42, of Isleworth, west London, were found not guilty of taking part in the conspiracy.

His brother, Narinder Sandhu, who previously admitted the conspiracy charge, was the "architect" of the fraud and enjoyed a luxury lifestyle, the court previously heard. He lived at Hadley Grange, a "multimillion-pound mansion" near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, and drove a Bentley and a Rolls-Royce, prosecutors said.The mail was sent through logistics companies in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire from 2008 to 2017, prosecutors said.Follow BBC South on

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