A Nigerian conman, who posed as a Nigerian prince in high society while masterminding massive immigration scam has been jailed for 7 years in the UK.
He called
himself His Royal Highness Prince Yilkyes Bala Finok Tonglele PhD State Crown
Prince’ was found guilty of using false and stolen IDs to help over 100 people
to get into the UK.
Posing as a
member of the Nigerian Royal family, he mingled with diplomats, captains of
industry and senior police officers.
Dr Yilkyes
Bala was chauffeur-driven in a black Bentley and hosted sumptuous dinners at
the Dorchester to mix with society’s elite. But the supposedly flourishing
businessman was in fact a criminal mastermind responsible for an ambitious
immigration racket.
Investigators
believe he helped more than 100 of his countrymen, including most of his
extended family, to enter the UK illegally under false and stolen identities.
At the centre of the scam was a corrupt Home
Office worker who sold him genuine, but improperly issued, refugee passports
for £1,500 each
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