UK immigration test cheats fined heavily
January 05 2010 by Liam Clifford
Two conmen who organised an elaborate service aiding migrants pass the mandatory Life in the UK test found guilty.
The UK immigration test
cheats had been caught using spy equipment at a test centre in South London.
They have each been heavily fined.
Rong Yang and Steven Lee were caught
sitting in their BMW van outside a test centre in Wimbledon in 2008. They were
using high-tech spy equipment to transmit the answers to the Life in the UK test
to people sitting the exam inside Wimbledon Library.
On 22 December last
year the two were found guilty by Kingston Crown Court and were told they could
pay fines totalling £100,000 or face going to jail for up to 18 months.
The two cheats were caught after passers-by alerted police to their
suspicions after noticing the men using the equipment inside their van. Police
initially believed they were running a cash machine scam. However, they later
discovered the pair were running a sophisticated fraud scheme that was netting
them thousands of pounds from UK immigration applicants desperate to pass the
test.
The Life in the UK test is the final stage test before being
granted UK citizenship, which allows immigrants to remain living in the UK
permanently. Those who pass the test can apply for a UK passport.
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