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[size=16pt] Jail for immigration scam trio[/size] A PRACTICE manager for a firm of London solicitors was today, 15 July 2009, sentenced to seven years in prison for helping hundreds of people fraudulently apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK. [center]  Enahoro, O'Connor and Akinrin[/center] Frances Enahoro, 51, of Capstan Mews, Gravesend, Kent, who worked at the Lewisham branch of Macauley Blackman Solicitors (formerly Total Legal Services), masterminded a conspiracy which provided more than 500 immigrants with false documents supporting illegal residency within the UK. Together with Oiumuyiwa , 45, of Chabot Drive, Peckham, and Grace O' Connor, 50, of Codrington Hill, Lewisham, he charged "clients" hundreds of pounds for a bespoke document forgery and residency application service intended to help them abuse UK immigration procedures. They were found guilty of conspiracy to facilitate illegal entrance to remain in the United Kingdom - under the 14-year residency rule - at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday 14 July. In addition O' Connor had earlier pleaded to fraudulently producing pay slips. Under the 14-year residency rule, people who have lived in the UK for 14 years are allowed to apply to remain in the country whether or not they entered the UK legally or illegally, provided they are also of good character. During the trial the court heard how, over a two year period, the trio provided thousands of forged documents to Nigerian, Jamaican and Ghanaian nationals hoping to gain residency in the UK. However, UK Border Agency caseworkers raised suspicions about the documents and applications were refused. Enahoro ran the operation from his Lewisham office, providing clients with the contact details of those who could supply them with forged documents and arranging for the applications to be made. O'Connor's role in the conspiracy was a forger of documents while Akinrin acted as a middleman, providing forged documents to Enahoro's clients. The court heard how a previous Maxim investigation had alerted police to O'Connor's forgery activities. Further investigation linked her to a host of UK Border Agency residency applications emanating from Macauley Blackman. The trio were caught when an undercover detective visited Enahoro at the offices of Macauley Blackman posing as a Ghanaian national seeking advice about indefinite leave to remain. After explaining the 14-year-rule, Enahoro said he would help him with the application for a £950 fee. He then gave the officer a telephone number for a man named "Michael" - an alias for Akinrin - who would be able to arrange the necessary documentation. Akinrin met the undercover officer in a supermarket car park in Peckham where he offered to provide him with the necessary documents for £1200. At a further meeting, Akinrin handed the officer an envelope full of documents containing BT bills, P60s, bank statements and NHS cards. Enahoro and Akinrin were arrested on 13 May 2008 and O'Connor was arrested the following day. Senior investigating officer Mark Teodorini, from the Met's Economic and Specialist Crime Command, said: "Francis Enahoro systematically abused and manipulated the system under the guise of his company. With the assistance of Akinrin and O'Connor they provided thousands of false documents to support bogus claims - charging high fees for the service. "The prosecution is a result of excellent co-operation between the UK Border Agency and Operation Maxim.Essential support was provided by Covert Policing which resulted in compelling evidence being gathered." UK Border Agency intelligence officer, Jan Polanowski said: "Working with the police we will continue to crackdown on those responsible for organised immigration crime. People in a position of responsibility who attempt to profit by abusing our immigration procedures must understand that we will take firm action against them." for SOURCE: Click here |
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