Imran Ganchi, 30, from Ilford, east London, and Shazad Hussain, 32, from Birmingham, were jailed for car theft and money laundering last year.

Imran Ganchi, 30, from Ilford, east London, and Shazad Hussain, 32, from Birmingham, were jailed for car theft and money laundering last year. On Friday, they were ordered to pay back £100,000 and £15,750 respectively. During their "highly sophisticated" crime spree, the gang drove away cars worth up to £350,000 each, which were then given new identities by a "master forger" and exported. Most ended up in Maastricht in the Netherlands and Antwerp in Belgium, before being delivered to the United Arab Emirates. Ms Palmer-Tomkinson's BMW 645 convertible was targeted by the gang after being spotted outside her London home. The gang stole Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's £50,000 BMW It was one of just six cars recovered from the 34 stolen by the gang during its three-and-a-half year crime spree between 2003 and 2007. Others included dozens of Porsches, Mercedes, Range Rovers, Toyota Land Cruisers and a £350,000 SLR McLaren supercar. Judge Peter Testar ruled that mastermind Ganchi "benefited" by £1.22m from the spree. However only £100,000 was available to confiscate from him, he said. If Ganchi did not pay that amount back within six months his six-year prison sentence would be increased by two years, the judge said.
Hussain, of Springfield Road, Moseley, was given a four-year sentence which would be increased by 10 months if he did not pay back £15,750 within six months. Last year, accomplices Yusef Kaduji, from Forest Gate, east London, and Hameed Nawaz, from Luton, Bedfordshire, were jailed for two years and three years respectively.

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