Gang Jailed for Forging 2,000 Marriage Documents to Allow Migrants to Stay in UK

Published on August 28, 2024

Four Nigerian nationals have been sentenced in London for forging more than 2,000 marriage documents to support settlement applications that allowed people to stay in the UK illegally. The organised crime group members were jailed for a total of 13 years, Woolwich Crown Court heard on Tuesday. According to the Home Office, Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31, and Adekunle Kabir, 54, made sham EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications for Nigerian nationals between March 2019 and May last year. The scheme was introduced in 2019 in response to Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union and was available for EU and European Free Trade Association nationals. Successful applicants receive either “pre-settled status” or “settled status” that would allow them to stay in the UK after Brexit....

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