How to Pronounce Emil Savundra
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Jul 06, 1923 Died on 21 Dec 1976 (aged 53)
Ceylonese international swindler and confidence trickster, active in Belgium, Ghana and England
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About Emil Savundra
- Michael Marion Emil Anacletus Pierre Savundranayagam, usually known as Emil Savundra (6 July 1923 – 21 December 1976), was a Sri Lankan swindler.
- The collapse of his Fire, Auto and Marine Insurance Company left about 400,000 motorists in the United Kingdom without coverage. As a post-war black marketeer, Savundra committed bribery and fraud on an international scale before settling in the UK to sell low-cost insurance in the fast-growing automotive market.
- By defaulting on mandatory securities, he funded a lavish lifestyle and travelled in fashionable circles.
- This attracted the attention of the press, who uncovered evidence of major fraud.
- In a TV interview with David Frost, Savundra demonstrated contempt for his defrauded customers (some of whom were in the studio audience) and denied any moral responsibility.
- The police had been investigating him, and he was soon arrested and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment.
- Released after six, Savundra died two years later as a drug addict.
