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A five-bedroom mansion once owned by a scammer who fleeced the Royal Mail out of £70million has gone up for sale after being seized.
Complete with a detached pool house, the sprawling property is the former home of Narinder Sandhu, 62, who used the proceeds of an elaborate postage scam to buy it along with a Bentley and a Rolls-Royce.
Hadley Grange is in the desirable Jordans Village near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire – whose famous residents include Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, who recently relocated there from Los Angeles.
The mansion features a home cinema, gym, steam room and large triple garage, and is being sold with a guide price of £2,750,000.
Millions of pounds were pocketed in the decade-long swindle, which involved the under-declaration of mail that was posted through a network of logistics companies in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire from 2005.
A five-bedroom mansion once owned by a scammer who defrauded Royal Mail of £70million has gone up for sale after being seized
The mansion features a gym, steam room and large triple garage, and is being sold with a guide price of £2,750,000
The luxury five-bedroom property in Buckinghamshire also comes with its own home cinema
The property is situated in the desirable Jordans Village near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire – whose famous residents include Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne (pictured)
Sandhu, owner of Packpost International Ltd and the ‘architect’ of the fraud, pleaded guilty to the offence.
His declared taxable income was about £1million per year towards the end of the period the fraud was running, a trial at Southwark Crown Court was told last year.
His brother, Parmjeet Sandhu, 56, from Slough, pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining services dishonestly.
Prosecutor Ellis Sareen said Narinder Sandhu lived with his family at Hadley Grange, a ‘multimillion-pound mansion’.
His brother Parmjeet did not become as wealthy, but still made ‘a lot of money’, Mr Sareen added.
‘In this case, we will be talking about literal tonnes of mail – thousands of items.
‘This has cost Royal Mail about £70 million or a little more. (The defendants) have not pocketed £70million, but they have benefited.’
By 2016, so many companies were being operated by the group they were ‘starting to forget’ where they were located, Mr Sareen said.
The fraud was discovered only when Royal Mail customers said competitors were offering unrealistic rates.
The mansion, called Hadley Grange is in the exclusive Jordans Village near Beaconsfield
Thee sprawling bolt hole is the former home of Narinder Sandhu, 62, who used the proceeds of an elaborate postage scam to buy it along with a Bentley and a Rolls-Royce
Millions of pounds were pocketed in the decade-long fraud, which involved the under-declaration of mail that was posted through a network of logistics companies in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire from 2005
When investigators became suspicious about the group’s companies, all their mail was diverted and checked, at which point it was found their postings had been ‘significantly underdeclared,’ the prosecutor said.
Narinder Sandhu was sentenced to four years. He will only serve half the term before he is released on licence.
Defending Sandhu, Gideon Cammerman, KC, said: ‘As he moves through his 40s he is healthy, financially secure and in a stable home, he then went on to commit a very serious and prolonged fraud and it would not be overstating this to say not only has it ruined his life, but that of his wife and family.
‘He is now 62, in poor health, has handed over all his wealth, large parts of which were dishonestly obtained, some not, his marriage is over, and he attends court from Wandsworth in disgrace.’
He kept a Bentley (pictured stock image) and a Rolls Royce on the driveway and his home had a swimming pool
Narinder, Parmjeet, and Mooney were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court (pictured)
Parmjeet Sandhu was given 24 months prison suspended for two years. He must also complete 150 hours of unpaid work.
James Mooney, 44, who was also involved in the scam, was handed a 21-month jail term, suspended for two years.
James Ashworth, partner at Landwood Property Auctions, which is selling the mansion said: ‘With Jordans being such a desirable area we are sure to see lots of interest.
‘The property sits on a south-facing plot, extending to almost an acre with open fields beyond the boundary and it offers a huge amount of potential for any buyer, whether it be a little TLC and refurbishment of what is there, or perhaps extension and remodelling to put their own stamp on it, or a replacement dwelling.
‘With quick access to London in under an hour via the M40 and A4 motorways, this opportunity is simply unmissable.’
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