Man faked own death for insurance money
A Sydney businessman who faked his own death wanted to collect a £1.5m (€2.2m) life insurance policy in a scam that also involved his wife and daughter, police told a court today.
Harry Bentley Gordon, his estranged wife, Sheila Gordon, and their 30-year-old daughter Josaphine, have all been charged with conspiring to defraud AMP insurance company by trying to claim his insurance policy.