Muhammad Halon Miah Harun

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

The Respondent, a solicitor admitted in 2011, failed to disclose to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that he owned two properties while bidding for and living in social housing, in order to gain social housing for himself and his family, causing losses of £124,679.94. He was convicted at Snaresbrook Crown Court of two counts of fraud and sentenced to 16 months imprisonment (concurrent). He admitted breaching Principles 2 and 6 and admitted dishonesty. On an agreed outcome dealt with on the papers, the Tribunal found no exceptional circumstances and struck him off the Roll, ordering costs of £1,510.00.

Duties found breached:

• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Dishonesty
• Criminal convictions for two counts of fraud under the Fraud Act 2006
• Conduct spanning over ten years
• Caused financial losses of £124,679.94 to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• Multiple false declarations (451 bids) for social housing

Mitigating factors:

• Guilty plea at first reasonable opportunity
• No previous convictions
• Repaid the losses in full
• Positive testimonials and character references
• Carer for unwell mother
• Resigned from councillor position promptly