Uncovered: Britain's Largest Wedding Immigration Scam
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Britain's largest immigration scam has been uncovered by police recently. Between July 2005 and September 2009 383 marriage ceremonies were conducted under false pretences to allow people to gain visa's and remain living in Britain. The church in St Leonards-on-sea is at the centre of the immigration scam.
The jury have found three men guilt of breeching European immigration laws. Ukranaina national Vladymyr Buchak and his Nigerian born accomplice Michael Adelasoye along with Alex Brown the town vicar.
Hundreds of African nationals were married to Eastern Europeans who already had work permits for the UK. It is believed that the Eastern Europeans received 3000 for every sham marriage they appeared in.
British immigration laws state that spouses of European nationals living in the UK with working rights are usually granted permanent residency as long as they have been together for two years after getting married. The newlywed couples in this situation parted ways on the day and only remained in contact in order to complete any paperwork required for visas.
Officers conducted a thorough search of the church and found that Green had kept registers with the details of each ceremony he conducted over the last nine years. The figures are startling as between the period of August 2001 and July 2005 only thirteen weddings were conducted whereas between July 2005 and September 2009 383 were conducted.
Police have suggested that only thirteen of the marriages conducted in this time period were actually genuine. Couples involved have disappeared now and are being traced by police wherever possible.
During the trial Brown claimed he was unaware that the marriages were being conducted as part of a scam. Investigators into the crime retorted by saying that he should have been able to tell something strange was happening just be looking at his records. His parish was originally in a predominantly white area yet over the period the ceremonies were being conducted the area became one of the most multi racial areas for miles.
The crown prosecution service has admitted that this case is the largest sham marriage for immigration purposes they have ever seen.
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