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Four in court over car 'clocking' and MOT fraud

Three people have appeared in court charged with fraud over allegations they forged MOT certificates, vehicle service booklets and tampered with mileage clocks to give lower readings.

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Gurdip Sohal, aged 59, his son Inderjit Sohal, 30, and close family friend Rupinder Singh, 26, are alleged to have carried out the offences in the West Midlands and Staffordshire between September 2012 and December 2013.

All were charged with fraud.

Jaswinder Kaur, 61, the wife of Gurdip Sohal, is charged with money laundering involving £20,000 in relation to the offences.

The three family members live at Lichfield Road, Willenhall, while Rupinder Singh lives at Pinson Road, Willenhall.

Gurdip and Inderjit Sohal also face allegations of laundering more than £28,000 in relation to four cars.

They include a Range Rover sold in Smethwick in September 2012 for £4,980, and a Volkswagen Golf, which was sold for £3,395 in November 2012, also in Smethwick.

In Walsall, they are accused of selling an Audi A5 for £13,000 in May 2013 after altering the mileage clock to read 57,000 miles instead of 112,000 miles.

In Smethwick, March 2013, they are said to have changed the mileage on a Honda Civic from 109,000 miles to 41,000 before selling it for £7,920.

Kaur pleaded not guilty to two charges of money laundering.

Gurdip and Inderjit Sohal are accused of two counts of conspiracy to defraud and four charges of money laundering while Rupinder Singh faces the two conspiracy to defraud charges only.

Inderjit Sohal was summoned to appear at Wolverhampton Magistrates on August 31 to answer the charges.

The other three were sent to Wolverhampton Crown Court for a plea and case management hearing on September 14.

They were given unconditional bail.

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