AdvertisingIn 2013, Jasmin Mistry told her then husband, Vijay Katechia, that she had cancer, along with a supporting WhatsApp message what he thought was her doctor. It was found that 20 members of her extended family and eight others were found to have given her money. To tell everybody you have cancer and take money from them… It’s an awful situation,” Judge Judith Hughes told Mistry in court. Investigators found that she had used money she was handed over for treatment by unsuspecting family members, including her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and others on fancy designer handbags. She was charged with one count of fraud by false representation on August 20 and pleaded guilty in October.

Source: Indian Express December 16, 2018 02:15 UTC