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Two brothers have been jailed after they scammed more than £2m from people who they tricked into paying for European Health Insurance Card (EHICs).
Damien and Dale Sartip Zadeh, who used misleading websites as part of the con, have now been jailed for nine and a half years and eight years.
The brothers were directors of the companies behind the websites www.europeanhealthcard.org.uk and www.ehic-cards.org.uk. These websites conned people into paying for EHICs - which were available for free from the official NHS website, National Trading Standards (NTS) said.
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A EHIC is a card that gives you access to medically necessary, state-provided healthcare during a temporary stay in the EU.
The elaborate scam involved the brothers using a computer programme to push their misleading websites to the top of internet search results to deceive consumers into needlessly paying for their EHIC, NTS said.
Customers’ details were simply cut-and-pasted into the NHS website form.
The brothers were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court on Monday of fraudulent trading and laundering the proceeds between February 2013 and October 2019.
Damien Sartip Zadeh, 32, of Angram Drive, Sunderland, and Dale Sartip Zadeh, 35, of Polperro Close, Ryhope, Sunderland, were jailed for nine and a half years and eight years respectively, NTS confirmed.
Damien Sartip Zadeh was also convicted of engaging in aggressive commercial practices, after threatening consumers who complained to prevent them pursuing refunds.
Both were disqualified from being directors for 10 years.
Their parents, Diane Sartip Zadeh, 60, and Mahmud Sartip Zadeh, 62, both of Angram Drive, Sunderland, were found guilty of
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