Watch the farcical moment Halifax fraudster tried to con shops with 'slip and trip' compensation claims

The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) began investigating Asad Khan after receiving referrals from Allianz Insurance and Covea Insurance.

In June 2016, Khan submitted a claim to Allianz, stating that he’d been shopping at a discount store and slipped on a spillage in one of the aisles, resulting in injuries to his back, leg and hand. A year later, in July 2017, Khan submitted a claim to Covea and told them he’d slipped on some water in a pet shop.

MORE CRIME: Drug drivers arrested in Queens Road during Halifax police operationHowever, in both incidents, CCTV showed that Khan had clearly fell in a deliberate and controlled manner, and walked out displaying no signs of any injuries.

CCTV at the discount store shows Khan initially walk past the spillage but look back, clearly noticing it. He continues walking, but makes his way back towards it up another aisle, before attempting his ‘slip’.

After each ‘slip’ Khan is seen to quickly notify a member of staff in order to make sure the incident was recorded in the company’s log book.

A member of staff who dealt with Khan at the pet shop said in her statement that he had broken English and said to her “I slip, accident, book” and proceeded to write “I slip now” in their log book.

MORE CRIME: Wildlife police officers in Halifax hunting gunman who shot badgerWhen Khan was interviewed about each incident, he refused to answer several questions and didn’t clarify the extent of his injuries or whether he attended hospital.

If Khan had been successful with his claims, he would’ve benefited to the amount of £11,000.

Khan, 44, of Mile Cross Gardens, Halifax, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court, to 10 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months.

He also received 60 hours unpaid work and was ordered to pay £940 in compensation costs.

Two weeks earlier at the same court, he pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by false representation and a further count was taken into consideration.

Detective Constable Adam Maskell, who led the investigation for the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, said:

“While the CCTV exposed Khan and showed how ridiculous his injury claims were, the severity of these types of ‘slip and trip’ claims shouldn’t be understated.

“As this case shows, irrespective of how insurance fraud is committed and on what scale, it will not be tolerated by IFED and the insurance industry, and perpetrators will be punished.”

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