3 sentenced in ‘Cash for Visas’ UK Immigration Scam

The 3 members of a criminal gang have been sentenced in ‘Cash for Visas’ UK Immigration scam. They had been using bogus colleges and have been indicted for the fraud. The 3 individuals are:

•    37 years old Koteswara Nallamothu

•    38 years old Muhammad Babar Bashir

•    51 years old Tehshina Nayyar

The trio has been sentenced for operating a Student Visa UK immigration scam worth 650,000 pounds. The trial was held at Manchester Crown Court. It heard how the trio operated criminally and used colleges for making money. This was from more than 1,300 individuals who were desperate to reside and study in the UK.

The UK colleges that they utilized to hoard the cash for visas were:

•    Ashton-under-Lyne area’s St John College

•    Manchester city centre area’s Kinnaird College

Both the UK colleges were being administered lawfully prior to the gang taking over them. They operated the Colleges in a fake manner. This was without any teachers, equipment or books for offering lessons to the enrolled overseas students.

Students had to make a payment as a part of the enrolling process. They would then be offered the letter called CAS - confirmation of acceptance of study. It is a confirmation document, as quoted by the Desi Blitz.

The CAS letter then permitted non-EU citizen students to apply for UK Study Visas to the Home Office. Therefore, they would be able to reside and study in the UK.

Muhammad Babar Bashir controlled and managed St John College. It offered CAS to 955 students at this so-called college during 2012 September and 2013 February.

Koteswara Nallamothu acted as an agent and was a middle man who assisted Bashir in this scam. He assisted Bashir by finding students for enrolling onto the scam. These would, however, have no intention to study in the college.

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