Pakistani couple jailed in UK for fraud
LONDON: Wealthy Pakistani asylum seekers with £250,000 in savings who claimed asylum in Britain before taking £40,000-a-year in benefits have been jailed six months apart to prevent their children going into care.
Syed Zaidi, 41, and wife Rizwana Kamal, 40, claimed they were being persecuted in their Pakistan homeland.
They pocketed handouts worth £40,000 a year, bought two cars and moved into a large Victorian house.
Officials launched a probe after a tip-off.
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