Surveyor jailed for £10m mortgage scam
Mary-Jane Rathie, a senior surveyor took gifts worth £1m for her part in a £10m mortgage scam for properties in London has been jailed for six years.
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On the 23 November 2010 the Disciplinary Panel of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) suspended her membership. Her husband at the time, a Metropolitan Police officer (central London traffic unit), was found not guilty of concealing criminal property. The couple have since divorced.
Judge Timothy Pontius said that her being convicted was "nothing short of a tragedy".
He added:
"There is no doubt that your fall from grace is a heavy one,"
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