A Ghanaian national has been sentenced to six months in prison, after pleading guilty to providing unregulated immigration advice.
Wisdom Abordo, 36, of Green Street in Enfield, North London had applied to be regulated by the Immigration Services Commissioner in January 2014 –
but he had failed to demonstrate the required standard of competence.
However, Mr Abordo went on to trade as Alpha Legal Services at Petronne House, 31 Church Street in Dagenham, Essex and offered immigration services between January and December 2014.
On Wednesday, 7 October at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Abordo was ordered to pay £1,300 in compensation to two victims, as well as being handed a jail sentence.
Sentencing Abordo, District Judge Mrs Coleman said:
“These are extremely serious offences. You set up a business to provide immigration advice when you were not qualified or competent to do so.
“The degree of culpability is high, as is the harm you have caused. You owe a considerable amount of money to individuals – and have undermined the immigration system.”
Speaking after sentencing, Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner, Ian Leigh, added:
“Illegally providing immigration advice is a serious offence – and the sentence handed down today reflects this.
“Peddling illegal immigration advice ruins people’s lives.”
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