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Two men who cheated off vulnerable migrants in an immigration fraud have been given long jail sentences by the Bradford Crown Court.
One of them, Yousaf Amin a law graduate who was labelled by the court as a greedy and ruthless brain behind the scam was locked up for six years.
His school friend and accomplice, Sajad Khan, was imprisoned for four years.
Amin, 34, of Byron Street, Barkerend Road, and Khan, 34, of Whiteways, Bolton, lived in luxury driving luxury cars while fleecing migrants with their criminal company, Temple and Khan, which had an office in Hallfield Road, off Lumb Lane, Bradford.
Both men admitted fraud and Amin pleaded guilty to unlawfully giving UK immigration advice.
Prosecutor Tom Storey told Bradford Crown Court that Amin had previously served a 15- month jail sentence in 2006 for offences under UK immigration law.
Just five days of his release he had set up Temple Khan and was found fabricating work permits for restaurant workers. He was banned from being an immigration advisor for fabrication of permits.
Mr Storey said the business raked in £80,000 and Amin made £262,000 from a bogus company called Training Direct that issued worthless certificates to people taking courses for citizenship.
The court heard that Amin was seeing up to 24 clients a day at Temple Khan.
One woman paid him £3,000 cash towards a £5,000 fee for him to arrange a marriage for her to stay in the UK. Her “bridegroom” knew nothing of the plan and she had to leave the country, losing her money. In 2008, Temple Khan suddenly stopped doing business.
But people still turned up at the office complaining that they had been fleeced Mr Storey said.
Amin charged £350 a day for his citizenship courses, held in Leeds, Glasgow and Luton. He advertised them on the radio and turned up at the end of the day to collect the cash.
The prosecutor said Training Direct was “overwhelmed” by complaints and ceased trading in 2008.
Amin was driving a £42,000 Audi Q7 and Khan was using a £36,000 Volkswagen Touareg. Both cars were on finance and both vanished.
Amin was a big gambler who lost £150,000 in casinos in three years, the court was told.
Khan also was indulging in drugs and alcohol. Recorder Jonathan Sandiford told Khan that he was a thoroughly dishonest and ruthless individual who was perfectly prepared to exploit other people to make a profit for himself.
The judge said Khan was Amin’s willing sidekick, who knew the past of Amin and his previous jail sentence because he was in court to support him then.