In a bizarre case of immigration fraud, a woman has been arrested in the UK to use separate wigs in Britain and disguised to implement applicants during British citizenship tests. According to the house office, as quoted by BBC61 -year -old accused of North London Enfield took at least 14 other people “Life in the UK Test”, both men and women, ‘indefinite’, ‘indefinite’ Help retire. Stay ‘status’ which means permanent residence.
Officials carried out a warrant at the accused’s house on Monday (January 27) and discovered an array of false documents and wigs, worn to cheat the interviewers. The woman is alleged to have conducted tests in various centers in the UK between 1 June 2022 and 14 August 2023.
The home office issued images of CCTV to participate in an interview with paintings wearing wigs. Inspector Philip Parr involved in the investigation described the scheme as “dangerous”, highlighting that a careful plan was made on its share to execute the entire operation.
“This person is believed to have been planned to have a pre-meditation to avoid detection, to avoid the authorities to select disguise and testing center places across the country,” Mr. Parr Said.
He said, “With many criminals committing such crimes, we believe that his aim was financial benefits.”
The woman remains in custody with the house office to inform about the future curriculum of future action.
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of completing UK citizenship test for at least 14 applicants.
He allegedly used disguise to pass himself as true applicants.
These fraudsters gave people the right to live in a wrong way, who put the public at risk. pic.twitter.com/bfnb0kylrrr
– Home Office (@UKHOMEFCE) 28 January, 2025
Internet reacts
As the news of the arrest of the woman went viral, social media users questioned the government and agencies not to have strict security measures to avoid such a situation.
“Time to start using biometric identity like fingerprint for citizenship testing?” One user said, while the other sarcastically replied: “Fab News. For the people he was doing, they removed their British citizenship, I took it?
One third remarked: “You don’t even fingerprints? Atrocities against citizens have a direct result of disability in the office office. You are ashamed!”
What is life in the UK Test?
The UK Test requires life, UK citizenship or an indefinite leave, which includes 24 questions to ensure that applicants have sufficient knowledge of British values, history and society. An applicant must score 75 percent or more to pass the test.
According to the Home Office, completing these tests for others by fraudulently can give individuals wrongly residency, which bypasses the necessary investigation.
