UK's richest family get jail terms for exploiting Indian staff at Swiss villa
The Peninsula
Geneva: A Swiss court handed jail sentences to four members of Britain s richest family, the Hindujas, on Friday, branding them selfish for exploiti...
Geneva: A Swiss court handed jail sentences to four members of Britain's richest family, the Hindujas, on Friday, branding them "selfish" for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion.
Lawyers for the members of the Swiss-Indian family -- who were not present in court -- said they would appeal the verdict.
The defendants were acquitted of human trafficking, but convicted on other charges in a stunning verdict for the family, whose fortune is estimated at 37 billion pounds ($47 billion) by the Sunday Times.
Prakash Hinduja, 78, and his wife Kamal Hinduja, 75, each got four years and six months, while their son Ajay, 56, and his wife Namrata, 50, received four-year terms, the presiding judge in Geneva ruled.
They were convicted of "usury" for having taken advantage of their vulnerable immigrant staff to pay them a pittance.
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