Dentist fakes own death for £1.85M ~ Debt Managements and Consolidation

Wednesday 30th March 2011 A dentist has been jailed for five years for making £1.85 million of life insurance claims after faking his own death.Emmanouil Parisis, 46, formerly of Barnstaple, Devon, admitted eight charges of false representation after faking a car accident in Jordan.According to the BBC, the court heard how Parisis then moved to Aberdeenshire and changed his name to Neil McClaren, receiving £51,000 in claims.Parisis, who was originally from Jordan and had debts of £379,000, forged documents to show he had died in a car crash while on holiday in Amman, Jordan, in 2009.Parisis assumed his fresh identity and moved to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, after claims were made on a total of 15 different insurance policies.His wife, Stiliani Parisis, 41, was also convicted in connection with the fraud. The couple's four children believed their father was dead for three months before being told the truth and moving to Scotland with their mother.His wife, aka Anabella McClaren, stayed behind in Devon to play the part of the bereaved widow.The court heard that he liked a champagne lifestyle, but his £135,000 a year salary was not enough to pay off rising debt.His defence team said the fraud was driven by desperation in the end.Judge Paul Darlow described Emmanouil Parisis as "very much the prime mover" in the case.He said: "In my judgement, the claims were fraudulent from the outset and there was a degree of professionalism about them."His wife, who also admitted fraud charges, was sentenced to 16 weeks, but was released because of time spent in custody and a curfew.Mrs Parisis's sister, Nikoletta Theodoropoulou, who knew he was alive, was also arrested by officers investigating the case.She was acquitted of fraud charges because she was not involved in the claims.Speaking to the BBC, Detective Inspector Mike West, from Devon and Cornwall Police's major crime investigation team, said the officers had to follow an "extremely complex individual who was complex and calculating". He added: "There are four children that have been extremely damaged by his lie."They were told at an early stage that he died, and they were informed later that he was alive."The psychological effect on these children is, to me, incalculable."
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