--- title: British Ferrari-Driving Cop Led Double Life as a Gangster description: A British police officer was sentenced to seven years in prison for running a brothel on the side. canonical: https://time.com/3659911/ferrari-cop-britain-birmingham/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-08T17:58:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:48.645Z og:title: Crooked Cop Was Busted After Driving a Ferrari to Work og:description: The $260,000 vehicle sparked an anti-corruption probe og:url: https://time.com/3659911/ferrari-cop-britain-birmingham/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55e2fba453445e9e/698778dd3c16391d1b4510d6/ferrari-police.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Luxury Car Sales On The Rise As Buyers Shed Recession Caution og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Crooked Cop Was Busted After Driving a Ferrari to Work twitter:description: The $260,000 vehicle sparked an anti-corruption probe twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55e2fba453445e9e/698778dd3c16391d1b4510d6/ferrari-police.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Crooked British Cop Caught After Driving Ferrari to Work  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Jan 8, 2015 5:58 PM UTC  MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 02: A Ferrari emblem is seen on a vehicle on the sales lot of Brickell Luxury Motors on January 2, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Reports indicate that the luxury car market is starting to make gains after the lean years during the recession. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 02: A Ferrari emblem is seen on a vehicle on the sales lot of Brickell Luxury Motors on January 2, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Reports indicate that the luxury car market is starting to make gains after the lean years during the recession. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Joe Raedle—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Jan 8, 2015 5:58 PM UTC A British police officer [was sentenced to seven years](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-30710852) in prison for running a brothel on the side, as it emerged he had been caught after alerting colleagues to his newfound wealth by showing up to work in a Ferrari. Osman Iqbal, an officer in Birmingham, England, led a double life in which he had bank accounts that he used to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars from brothels in London, the BBC reports. He admitted conspiracy to run a brothel, conspiracy to launder money and possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply. Restrictions on reporting about the conviction and sentencing, which occurred in September, were lifted after Iqbal, 37, admitted on Wednesday to three counts of misconduct in public office over a separate offense. According to the BBC, colleagues became suspicious of Iqbal when he arrived for work in a $260,000 Ferrari. That prompted an investigation from the West Midlands Police counter-corruption unit. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-30710852)\] British Ferrari-Driving Cop Led Double Life as a Gangster ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3659911/ferrari-cop-britain-birmingham/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3659911/ferrari-cop-britain-birmingham/"},"headline":"Crooked British Cop Caught After Driving Ferrari to Work","datePublished":"2015-01-08T17:58:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:48.645Z","description":"The policeman’s $260,000 Ferrari was the first big hint","url":"https://time.com/3659911/ferrari-cop-britain-birmingham/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Britain","england","Ferrari"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55e2fba453445e9e/698778dd3c16391d1b4510d6/ferrari-police.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55e2fba453445e9e/698778dd3c16391d1b4510d6/ferrari-police.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Luxury Car Sales On The Rise As Buyers Shed Recession Caution","caption":"Luxury Car Sales On The Rise As Buyers Shed Recession Caution","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3659911/ferrari-cop-britain-birmingham/","name":"Crooked British Cop Caught After Driving Ferrari to Work"}}]}] ```