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recurv11 1.06.14 - 12:11am
Visa scam gang who faked weddings, staged photos and even compiled fake love letters are jailed for total of 16 years * +

recurv11 1.06.14 - 12:11am
Mohammed Akhtar, 28, used his job as a solicitor to make contact with immigrants from the sub-continent whose visas had expired.His partners in crime mother and son pair Vera Horvatova, 53, and Leon Horvat, 21, recruited women from the Czech community in Wolverhampton, West Midlands to act as fake brides. * +

recurv11 1.06.14 - 12:12am
Akhtar carried out his fraud for more than a year, charging hefty fees for his services before he was caught in in July last year.He methodically compiled dossiers for each couple, which contained staged photographs to give the appearance the bride and groom were long-term lovers. * +

recurv11 1.06.14 - 12:13am
Akhtar, of Wolverhampton, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of conspiring to facilitate the commission of a breach of immigration law by a non-EU person and asked for 10 other counts to be taken into consideration.He was jailed for five years at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday along with eight others in a scheme the judge said was a sophisticated criminal conspiracy developed to make money. * +

recurv11 1.06.14 - 12:14am
Six other people involved in the sham were also jailed after admitting the same charge while one woman was given a suspended sentence.Prosecutor Elisabeth Bussey-Jones told the court: Akhtar was the key organiser. The arrangements involved large sums paid by foreign nationals. His motive was clearly profit * +

recurve 9.09.14 - 09:17pm
Vicar 'presided over a conveyor belt of sham marriages with 492 taking place in 15 months resulting in brides sharing dresses and changing in church garden' * +

recurve 9.09.14 - 09:17pm
Reverend Nathan Ntege, 55, is said to have conducted 492 ceremonies over 15-months at St Jude's and St Aidan's in Thornton Heath, south London, pocketing 70,000 in the process.

Couples would wait their turn at the back of the church while brides changed into their wedding dresses in the garden, sometimes even sharing the same gown, the Inner London Crown Court was told.
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