An illegal immigration fixer, who made thousands of
pounds out of successfully arranging for unqualified Bangladeshi
families to move to the UK, has been jailed for eight years.Shuhel Chowdhury, 48, of Arragon Road, East Ham used forged documents and lied on oath before Immigration and Asylum Tribunal's to get six bogus family visas.
He originally applied for nine, which would have seen thirty Bangladeshi's arrive in the UK.
Chowdhury (pictured) was arrested by the UK Border Agency's criminal and financial investigation team in September 2011
Charging the families several thousand pounds for each application he produced documents purporting to show the applicants had sufficient funds to support themselves.
He was convicted after a Croydon Crown Court trial of nine counts of assisting unlawful immigration.
Chowdhury also altered utility bills and bank statements and his fingerprints and signature were found on some of the incriminating documents.
He told a pack of lies to the jury during the ten-day trial, blaming the illicit scheme on a mystery Bangladeshi he allowed to stay at his home.
When the nine application were initially rejected he gave evidence in person under oath to the tribunals and six were overturned and the bogus applicants and their relatives remain in the UK.
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