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

The Home Office said that members of the organised crime group were driven by financial gain and exploited people’s desperation to remain in the UK.

Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade in an undated handout photo. Home Office

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.