By James Millbank
More than 3,000 illegal immigrants face being deported after cops smashed an £11million visa racket.
The huge scam was exposed when police raided a bogus computer college in west London. The school churned out fake diplomas to help Indians get UK work visas.
Insiders say at least 3,000 people paid more than £3,000 each to join. Cops seized computers, documents and forged visa stamps in the raid in Southall - and later arrested three people. A source said: "It was a massive success." The fake qualifications tricked the Home Office into granting visas under the UK's Highly Skilled Migrant Programme.
Whitehall insiders fear the scam had been going on for 18 months - and netted crooks at least £11million. A source said: "Most of the 'students' can hardly speak a word of English and range from the elderly to the very young."
Sunday, June 29, 2008
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