British mum and son arrested for allegedly faking her death in Zanzibar car crash to trouser £140,000 life insurance
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A mum and son have been arrested after she allegedly faked her death in a car crash in a bid to collect a £140,000 pay out.
The 19-year-old son and his 24-year-old guardian, who has not been named, presented fake documents claiming the mother had died in a car crash in Zanzibar.
But after the insurance firm grew suspicious of the documents, they refused to pay out and handed the case over to police.
When the son, from Walsall, West Mids, was arrested he admitted his mother was alive and living in Canada.
The 45-year-old woman was asked to return to the UK and was arrested at Perry Barr Police Station in Birmingham on her return.
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The 24-year-old old guardian was also interviewed by police, and all three have been bailed until April.
The son and his guardian appear to have submitted a fake death certificate and road traffic accident reports to claim on the mother's life insurance in May 2016.
The company referred the case on to the City of London Police's insurance fraud enforcement department which launched an investigation late last year.