FRAUDSTER Anne Darwin faces 30 months in jail if she does not repay the sum of nearly £600,000 she made from the faked death scam she carried out with her husband, a judge has ruled.
Mrs Darwin, 57, was told to give back £591,838.25, while her husband John, 59, has to pay a nominal £1 because he is penniless.
The married couple, who conned insurance companies after they staged Mr Darwin’s death in a bogus canoeing accident, have now had their assets confiscated.
Leeds Crown Court heard the Darwins had benefited to the sum of £679,194.62 from the fraud.
However, the realisable assets totalled £591,838.25, prosecutor Jolyon Perks said.
The Darwins own land in Panama worth £232,000, and a £58,000 apartment in Panama City.
The remaining near £300,000 was held in bank accounts in the Central American country.
