EIGHT fraud cases linked to blaze tower
SCOTLAND Yard has investigated at least eight cases of fraud in connection with the Grenfell Tower fire.
In one case, a Vietnamese illegal immigrant pretended his wife and 12-year-old son were killed in the blaze so he could receive charity handouts.
Anh Nhu Nguyen was comforted by Prince Charles after he claimed he had lost sight of his family in a smoke-filled stairwell.
The 53-year-old pocketed £11,270 from charities and Kensington and Chelsea Council. He was put up in hotels and given clothing, laptops and cash.
But after giving tearful interviews about his escape, it emerged that he was a convicted fraudster with 17 aliases who actually lived 12 miles away in Beckenham, South-East London. He had 28 previous convictions for 56 offences spanning more than 30 years, including theft, dishonesty, arson and grievous bodily harm.
Nguyen applied for a new passport by claiming his had been incinerated. Last month he was jailed for 21 months after admitting two counts of fraud by false representation and one of making an untrue statement to obtain a passport.
Last week survivor Eamon Zada, 35, was given a 12-week suspended prison sentence after the remains of his cannabis oil factory were found in the burnt-out block. He admitted one count of being concerned in the supLies: ply of cannabis.