Athif Sarwar

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Charge:	Money Laundering
Sentence:	3 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
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Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
City of Crime:	Glasgow
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Athif Sarwar was wrongly convicted in June 2007 in Scotland of money laundering. Sarwar was sentenced to 3 years in prison. In February 2011 the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh ruled he had suffered a miscarriage of justice and overturned his conviction.
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Innocence Proved By:	In February 2011 the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh ruled he had suffered a miscarriage of justice and overturned his conviction.
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Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Son of ex-MP Mohammad Sarwar has VAT fraud conviction quashed, By Staff writers, Daily Record (London), February 10, 2011"
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Athif Sarwar

Charge:

Money Laundering

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Glasgow

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Athif Sarwar was wrongly convicted in June 2007 in Scotland of money laundering. Sarwar was sentenced to 3 years in prison. In February 2011 the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh ruled he had suffered a miscarriage of justice and overturned his conviction.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In February 2011 the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh ruled he had suffered a miscarriage of justice and overturned his conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Son of ex-MP Mohammad Sarwar has VAT fraud conviction quashed, By Staff writers, Daily Record (London), February 10, 2011"

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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/son-ex-mp-mohammad-sarwar-vat-1094594

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