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A TEESSIDE family of fraudsters have been sentenced to a four-month prison sentence after trying to falsely claim compensation for food poisoning… ....
A social media posts from Linda Lane discovered by Jet2, showing the family enjoying themselves on holiday despite claiming to be ill FOUR fake sickness fraudsters from Middlesbrough have been sentenced to four months in prison, after conspiring to issue fraudulent compensation claims for gastric illness against Jet2holidays. They have also been ordered to pay legal costs incurred by the Leeds Bradford Airport-based tour operator. Christopher Byng, 38, Barbara Byng, 64, Linda Lane, 36, and Anthony Byng, 66, all from Middlesbrough, were convicted of contempt of court at Teesside Combined Court on February 26 after admitting to submitting false gastric illness claims which could have resulted in them getting a pay-out of tens of thousands of pounds, including solicitor costs. ....