Mistry received just over £250,000 from her ex-husband, his family and members of the public over a two-year period between 2015-2017, after telling them she had cancer and needed the money for life-saving treatments.
Mistry first told her husband that she had cancer in 2013. This claim was supported by a Whatsapp message sent by what he thought was her doctor. Investigations revealed that this message was sent by Mistry, using a different SIM card.
At the end of December 2014, she told her partner that she had brain cancer and had six months to live, with further messages from another fictitious doctor suggesting that it could be treated in America – at a cost of around £500,000.
Her former husband then contacted family and friends to ask for donations.
Mistry also defrauded a man she met through a dating website out of nearly £7,500, and two members of the public to whom she lied about being a trader who could invest their money, and who gave around £10,000.
Police were contacted in November 2017, and Mistry was arrested. When interviewed, Mistry confirmed to officers that she was not terminally ill, and that she did not know why she had lied.
Her finances were reviewed, and it was found that 20 members of her extended family and eight others were found to have given her money. The total fraud amount was calculated as £253,122
She was charged with one count of fraud by false representation on 20 August and was jailed for 4 years.
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