September 11 'fraudster' jailed

A New York judge has locked up a "despicable" fraudster who faked his own death in the September 11 attacks to avoid a relatively minor passport charge.

A New York judge has locked up a "despicable" fraudster who faked his own death in the September 11 attacks to avoid a relatively minor passport charge.

Steven Chin Leung, 28, was jailed for four years. Judge Denny Chin told him he would only have been placed on probation if convicted of the passport fraud charge.

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