Four Lankans with fake documents jailed in UK

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Three men from Watford and one from Harrow have been jailed for their part in a conspiracy to create false passports and IDs to help them stay in the country illegally.

Sri Lankan nationals Mohammed Hussain, Aslam Riyas Mohammed Fayas, from Euston Avenue, and Mohammed Ibrahim, from Harrow, were busted after officers based at Heathrow Airport intercepted a parcel addressed to Hussain containing fake passports and resident permits.

Officers from the UK Border Agency raided the Euston Avenue address where they discovered fraudulent documents in the names of Riyas, Fayas and Ibrahim.

The Agency said Hussain, Riyas and Ibrahim had all overstayed visas. Fayas had a valid student visa at the time of his arrest, which has subsequently been revoked.

UK Border Agency Inspector Andy Radcliffe said: "Hussain was supplying fake documents to help others stay in the UK illegally and secure work to which they were not entitled.

"They were high quality fakes and prospective employers would have had no idea that what they were looking at was anything other than legitimate.

"These offenders had only one intention, to take employment opportunities away from genuine jobseekers - clearly a serious offence."
Hussain, 29, was sentenced to 13 months in prison on Friday February 3, at a hearing at St. Albans Crown Court after admitting to conspiracy to facilitate a breach of the UK’s immigration laws.

Aslam Riyas, 27, and Mohammed Fayas, 21, both pleaded guilty to charges of possessing fraudulent documents and were jailed for 12 months.

Ibrahim, from Grant Road in Harrow, had initially denied a charge of conspiracy to facilitate a breach of the UK’s immigration laws, but was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail.

The UK Border Agency said work to remove the four from the UK at the end of their sentences will be carried out. (Source: Watford Observer)

Aslam Riyas	Ibrahim
Mohammed Fayas	Mohammed Hussain

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Comments - 9

Nodrog Tuesday, 07 February 2012 11:36 AM

Good move to show their faces and shame them. What they have done reflects badly on all Sri Lankans and because of them genuine travelers face hardships when applying for visas..

Ravi Tuesday, 07 February 2012 11:29 AM

Dream over... pack your bags and come back ! Shame for our Country !

balu Tuesday, 07 February 2012 12:20 PM

bow your head down in shame. we dont want u back here

krishan Tuesday, 07 February 2012 02:24 PM

Not only applying visas, even we they are suspect our identity when we are in transit and entering the country, especially once we holding sri lankan passport

Mahroof Tuesday, 07 February 2012 04:06 PM

"If you don't have a modesty you can do whatever you like"

riyazikram Wednesday, 08 February 2012 06:25 AM

what a shameful act! few people like this really put the whole Muslim community in the firing line in Sri Lanka, bringing disgrace to the whole of Muslim Community and also making this paradise island reflect bad in the eyes of the rest of the world, arrest them and jail them on their arrival!!

kiddo Friday, 10 February 2012 09:09 PM

Show some mercy to these ppl as well mates.cz God knows how hard to survive the thing called LIFE.And inmates of UK will tell y'll hw unfair des UKBA and their Rules are.no one wud evn imagine da stories of students livin in.Thy can simply gv up and go home with empty hands.bt wat'll happen to da hard earned money gone waste due to carelessness and rigid Rules.it might looks lyk vry safe and overwhelmin 2 study in dat kingdom, bt da truth is their systems are messed up and thy dnt hv an effin clue of wat thy're doin.Poor foreigners get in to various kinda probs.

mohamed Tuesday, 03 April 2012 05:52 PM

who this ?good comment at least u have some mind those comment selfishly they doesnt have mind
news papers can publish any thing without knowing the truth

ananda Sunday, 08 April 2012 08:32 AM

who ru man? they will not going to come to ur home they going to come to thier own country

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