A woman accused of forging university and college documents for bogus Chinese students to apply for and extend their visas was remanded in custody at City of London Magistrates Court yesterday (Thursday).
Officers from the City of London Police’s Economic Crime Unit raided a Holborn address on June 4 in their investigation said to involve sixty-five universities and colleges in England and Wales and seized £13,000 cash hidden in a wardrobe.
Jiao Wang, 25 of 3 Magellan Place, Walthamstow is charged with forging university letter heads, university authentication stamps and Chinese Embassy stamps knowing it was in the course of or in connection with fraud between December 1, 2007 and June 4, this year within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court.
She also faces a money laundering charge in that she acquired, used or had possession of criminal property, namely £75,000 between June 4 and August 6 this year, within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court.
The bogus certificates are alleged to have been sold for between £600 and £3,800 and were presented with visa applications to the UK Border Agency.
Wang will return to court on September 17.
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