
Immigration Lawyer Struck Off for Arranging Sham Marriages
Published on July 30, 2024
An Indian lawyer who was jailed for arranging “sham marriages” to dodge British immigration laws has been banned from practising in England and Wales, a tribunal ruled earlier this month. Mathew Moghan Rajamoham Chellam was paid “handsomely” for his “corrupt services” in organising applications for residency for people without a legal right to remain in the UK. The 53-year-old, who qualified in India before becoming eligible to practice in England and Wales in 2013, was found to have “spun a veritable web of lies and deceits” on his clients’ behalf in submissions to the Home Office through his firm Matthew Moghan & Co Advocates....
