Couple jailed for £900,000 car insurance fraud They spent the money on a £365,000 detached house and fees at one of Britain's most prestigious public schools. The school cannot be named due to an order by Maidstone Crown Court, where they were convicted of benefits fraud and insurance fraud. They also went on five star holidays in Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico and Tokyo and each drove Mercedes vehicles - one costing £56,000. The pair failed to pay any tax, which would have amounted to £340,000. They were jailed following an investigation led by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Jaksone and Manucharyan were charged with insurance and benefit fraud and convicted after a seven-week trial at Maidstone Crown Court. Jaksone admitted fraudulently claiming £82,000 in tax credits and pension credits by posing as a single mother with high childcare costs. She used her mother's details to claim pension credits and the winter fuel allowance. However attempts to claim pension credits in the name of her father-in-law failed. She was found guilty of three counts of insurance fraud and admitted one count of cheating the Revenue and one count of tax credit fraud. Manucharyan was convicted of three charges of insurance fraud and he admitted one charge of cheating the Revenue. The couple asked Judge James O'Mahoney not to jail them, saying they would miss their children. But the judge said: "That misery of being kept away from your children, is of your own making. You had plenty of time to have thought about what you were doing and the implications. Manucharyan was jailed for five years and two months and Jaksone for five years. The judge ordered their deportation on their release. Judge O'Mahony told them: "You spared yourself little of the best things in life - expensive cars, holidays in Mauritius and Jamaica and private education for one of your children. In this country now and for some time, many honest taxpayers are struggling to make ends meet, pay their rent and mortgages and for some the idea of a holiday of any kind is beyond their dreams, let alone Mauritius and Jamaica. The judge described the pair as "highly intelligent and resourceful" who "couldn't have cared less" if people had suffered financial loss from their double dealings. More than 30 drivers gave evidence at the trial, describing how they thought the insurance deals were legitimate. The pair now face a financial investigation to recover some of the proceeds of the fraud. Their house in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent has been restrained. David Margree, HMRC's assistance director, said: "Jaksone and Manucharyan cheated honest, law abiding people, spending their ill-gotten gains on a lifestyle that many of us can only dream of. They also cheated their customers by providing them with inadequate insurance policies.