Indian national Ravi Gupta, an accredited immigration law adviser, has been jailed for four and a half years for his part in masterminding a complex immigration scam.
Gupta, 41, supplied numerous clients with with a huge array of faked documentation, including letters, education certificates, and pay slips, to assist them in immigration applications.
Typically he would charge £5,000 for his services in helping to deceive immigration authorities.
Details of his scam emerged after an undercover investigation into his company, Surge Global Solutions.
Appearing at Isleworth Crown Court, Gupta admitted to 14 charges of assisting illegal immigration, and a further charge of obtaining leave to remain in the UK by deception.
He was jailed for four and a half years, and it was recommended that he be deported at the end of his sentence.
Also jailed alongside Gupta were Tapinder Singh and Gurvinderpal Singh, both of whom admitted to money laundering and obtaining leave to remain by deception. Both were jailed for 6 months.
4 men and a woman had already been previously jailed for between 4 to 8 months after admitting to obtaining leave to remain by deception.
Legal proceedings are still ongoing against 6 people who are suspected to have used Guptas illegal 'services'.
"Gupta ran a sophisticated and lucrative scam, designed to help people who would otherwise have no right to be here stay in the UK" said Chris Foster of the UKBA immigration crime team.
Indian national Ravi Gupta, an accredited immigration law adviser, has been jailed for four and a half years for his part in masterminding a complex immigration scam.
