Britain’s richest family sentenced to jail for exploiting staff in Swiss mansion
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Prosecutors claimed four members of family paid staff a pittance and gave them little freedom to leave Geneva mansion

A Swiss court has handed jail sentences to four members of Britain’s richest family for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion.

The Hindujas, who were not present in court, were acquitted of human trafficking but convicted of other charges on Friday in a stunning verdict for the family, whose fortune is estimated at £37bn.

Prakash Hinduja and his wife, Kamal, were each sentenced to four years and six months in prison, and their son Ajay and his wife, Namrata, received four-year terms.

  • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    52·
    6 days ago

    I will never understand the giga-rich. They could afford to hire round-the-clock help at rates that both buy expertise and inspire loyalty. Your house staff know where the bodies are buried, maybe literally—there’s no world where it makes sense to pay them less than six figures. Remember, $100,000 is 0.01% of $1,000,000,000, or about 0.003% of their estimated net worth of $37B. They could hire an extra maid at $100,000/year and not even notice the expense.

    But they can afford even more than that. Splurge a little. Hire a specialist in early childhood education to tutor your kids. Get a chef who graduated from a renowned culinary school. They could afford to spend millions on salary. Why skimp? What do they think they are saving up for?

    • Bummler@feddit.deEnglish
      42·
      6 days ago

      If you think like that (and I think everyone should) then you will never be rich. Exploiting others is in their blood.

      • luciferofastora@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        You know it’s bad when even a two thousand year old gospel considers “rich people don’t go to heaven” to be divine wisdom. It has always been thus.

        There’s no way the CEO of my last company - making a cool 6mil one year that I saw an article about the shareholders paying him a bonus of another few mil - works 125 times as hard as my 48k (gross) ass.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      6 days ago

      That’s what I don’t understand either. It can’t just be about money at that point right? Like they must intentionally be trying to bring back slavery or something.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
      61·
      6 days ago

      Get a chef who graduated from a renowned culinary school.

      That’s what a friend of mine does - he is rarely home because the rich family that employs him want him on hand 24/7 and they pay accordingly. They get top notch food whenever they want it and are pretty safe from getting their food spat in. The Hindujas have probably ingested a lot of phlegm over the years. Should be good practice if they ever actually end up in prison.

      • Baggins@piefed.social
        2·
        6 days ago

        Exactly. All those ‘extra milky’ cappucinos.

        Scum people deserve scum service.*

        • Note that I said service, not staff. If someone is willing to clean your shitty toilet, you need to pay them decently.
      • Dkarma@lemmy.worldEnglish
        28·
        6 days ago

        Dude if they have been served Indian food there could be literally anything hidden in there…

        I adore Indian culture and their foods are so delicious but man sometimes it looks like poo