Surveyor jailed for 6 years for £10m mortgage fraud

Mary-Jane Rathie, who worked with surveying firm Ashdown Lyons, was jailed yesterday after being found guilty of inflating valuations of properties in some of the capital’s most exclusive areas. In an exclusive last week, Mortgage Solutions editor Victoria Hartley spoke with ex-managing director of Ashdown Lyons, Robin Johnson, one of four witnesses from the firm asked to testify for the prosecution. Last month, Rathie was convicted of five counts of fraud and concealing criminal property, while her husband had been cleared of a charge of concealing criminal property at the Old Bailey...