62 year-old Khadham Hussain, who served as a Conservative councillor for City Ward, received nine years in jail for leading a visa forgery business with his family.
Craig Swanston, from Home Office Criminal Investigations, commented that it has been “a complex investigation into the criminal activities of a Bradford-based organised crime group (…) His (Hussain's) gang, which included members of his family, used fraudulent practices to cheat our immigration system and facilitate the illegal entry of foreign nationals into the UK.”
The Bradford Crown Court heard that the gang manufactured and sold forged documents, which were consequently put through by others for visa applications to the Home Office: “The sentences reflect the gravity of these offences” Swanston continued.
Hussain's wife Zahida Parveen, three sons Adnan, Gibran and Adam Ashraf, and nephew Numan Shafi were all found guilty in conspiring where the troupe were linked to about 100 fraudulent visa applications between them.
