Brit who 'faked his own death for £1.25 million insurance' found in Sydney

A man who is wanted in Britain for allegedly faking his own death and collecting £1.25m in insurance payouts has been found living in Sydney with his four children.
Alfredo Sanchez was accused of massive fraud after police claimed to have found his own fingerprints on his death certificate after he was supposedly cremated.
Since his purported death, British police had been unable to find him, although they suspected that the Sanchez family was living somewhere in Australia.
His wife, Sophie Sanchez, who helped him plan the fraud to pay off the couple's huge credit card debts, was arrested last year at Heathrow when she visited the UK to attend her sister's wedding. She pleaded guilty to the scam and is now serving two years in jail.
But Mr Sanchez, who now goes by the name Hugo, has denied he is the wanted man and said he had "no knowledge" that police in Britain were looking for him.
Speaking to the Sydney Daily Telegraph, which tracked him down to a hair salon in the city's southern suburb of Hurstville, Mr Sanchez said he was "innocent until proven guilty."
He denied his wife was in jail, saying she was staying with relatives in Britain, and said his name was Hugo and "it's always been Hugo."
"I don't deny anything and I don't accept anything," he said.
"My wife is not in jail. It's all lies it's not true."
After speaking to the newspaper, Ecuadorean-born Mr Sanchez was spotted leaving his house with his children and a number of suitcases.
Mr Sanchez, 47, came to the attention of police after a staff card from music shop HMV, where he used to work, was used several times following his death.
When they started to investigate, Mrs Sanchez told authorities that her husband had died while on holiday in Ecuador in January 2005 and that his body was cremated two days later.
But while examining his death certificate, officers allegedly found Mr Sanchez's own fingerprints, leading them to believe he was still alive.
At the trial of Mrs Sanchez, a London court was told that the couple, from Surrey, got into serious financial difficulties after they opened seven credit accounts and took out several loans. At one point they moved to South America, taking out a loan for £65,000. But they were soon back in the UK.
Mr Sanchez also took out a £500,000 life insurance policy, which his wife claimed on as soon as she got his death certificate.
But far from being dead, it has been alleged that Mr Sanchez was in Australia, getting his Ecuadorean passport renewed and opening a tattoo parlour in Sydney.
Australian police would not comment on the case, saying it was a matter for UK authorities and that they would "act appropriately in response to any lawful process initiated by overseas law enforcement authorities."

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