Melbourne:
A 33-year-old Indian-origin man in New Zealand was today handed down six-year sentence for defrauding over 2 million dollar from his own mother, business partners, friends and his doctor.
Sanjay Kumar Joshi, was sentenced at the High Court at Auckland on 27 charges related to dishonesty.
More than 20 people were defrauded by Mr Joshi's crimes, which ranged from obtaining money by deception to using forged documents to obtain finance. His business partner Aaron Young was worst hit, losing out on nearly dollar 1 million, The New Zealand Herald reported.
In 2012, Mr Joshi also managed to dupe his doctor - who was granted interim name suppression - out of 477,000 dollar.
"You even stole from your mother", Justice Murray Gilbert said.
Mr Joshi swindled 9000 dollar from her credit card and later falsified his parents' signatures to obtain funds more than 81,000 dollar from a finance company and 50,000 dollar from various suppliers in the automotive industry through deception.
During sentencing Justice Gilbert asked what the defendant had done with all the money.
"I have no instructions on that," defence counsel Peter Kaye said.
Mr Joshi was adjudicated bankrupt in February last year and the judge accordingly opted not to order reparation.
Justice Gilbert said the offending "involved a considerable level of planning and premeditation" and he felt no sympathy for his victims.
"There's no genuine remorse here. You wrote a letter to probation minimising your involvement and culpability," he said.