Wealthiest family in the country straight to jail
Four members of the UK's richest family have received prison sentences for exploiting their staff at their country home in Switzerland.
The offenses took place at the family's posh villa on Lake Geneva.
Prakash Hinduja (78), his wife Kamal (75), their son Ajay and daughter-in-law Namrata were accused of taking away the staff's passports and paying them in Indian rupees instead of Swiss francs. Moreover, their wages ended up in Indian bank accounts that they themselves could not access. The staff was not allowed to leave the lavish villa, they slept on mattresses in the basement and had to work up to 18 hours a day. Vacations they received little or none. Their wages amounted to less than a tenth of what Swiss law requires, according to prosecutors.
Prakash Hinduja and his wife received a prison sentence of 4.5 years; their son and daughter-in-law received four years in prison. The family is appealing the Swiss court's sentence.
(FVDV for Tagtik/Source: Sky News - HLN/Illustration picture: Photo by henry perks on Unsplash)
