BA supervisor ‘ran £3,000,000 migration scam from Heathrow check-in desk’ | 8065WR9 | 2024-02-27 11:08:01
BA supervisor 'ran £3,000,000 migration scam from Heathrow check-in desk' | 8065WR9 | 2024-02-27 11:08:01
A British Airways supervisor has been accused of operating a £three million immigration scam from his check-in desk at Heathrow and is now on the run in India.
The 24-year-old is claimed to have charged clients £25,000 to help them fly with BA without the right visa documents.
The suspect carried out the scam for 5 years whereas working at Heathrow Terminal 5.
He fled the UK from Heathrow to India together with his floor providers associate after being arrested and bailed, The Sun stories.
His clients, principally from India, would pay to fly into the UK on a short lived customer visa, earlier than the BA staff organized them flights elsewhere with false documents.
Other shoppers embrace UK-based asylum seekers who have been fearful of returning to their origin nations.
Canadian officers ultimately discovered the rip-off after migrants landing in Vancouver or Toronto off a BA flight would claim asylum immediately upon arrival.
They discovered the identical BA boss was checking in all the passengers and was falsely claiming that they had professional digital travel authorisation paperwork.
A source advised The Sun: 'He exploited a loophole understanding that immigration checks are not carried out by officers but are left to airline employees.
'By inputting fallacious knowledge, and claiming eTA documents had been secured, he received individuals to nations that they had no permission to enter within the first place.
'On arrival, the bogus passengers would shred their paperwork and claim asylum.'
A spokesman for BA stated: 'We are aiding the authorities with their investigation.'
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