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@recurve | 8 February 15 | |
Mrs Sow, 58, has been calling for action since her Senegalese husband Laye walked out on her in 2013 after obtaining his British citizenship, leaving her 50,000 out of pocket. Working as a promoter within the World Music scene, she met musician Laye at a London nightclub in May 2007. He told her he was a widower supporting three young children in Senegal. He even showed her a death certificate for his late wife and three birth certificates for his children. 'He was a talented, intelligent and good-looking man, and seemed religious and humble. He seemed the perfect match for me,' she said. 'I thought it was love in his eyes, but it was pound signs.' |
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@recurve | 8 February 15 | |
The couple had an Islamic ceremony in Dakar, Senegal, in December 2007, and married again at Kingston-upon-Thames Register Office in June 2008. Mrs Sow bought a large Victorian home in Dover, in preparation for her becoming step-mother to his children.
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@recurve | 8 February 15 | |
After three years he won British citizenship. But then a shocked Mrs Sow found out that his wife was still alive, and found Facebook messages from Laye to scores of other women he was targeting on dating websites. He was also expecting a child with a British woman he'd been seeing behind her back. It later emerged he was wanted by immigration police in The Netherlands over an alleged marriage to a Dutch woman in 2002. Police have begun an investigation into Laye for bigamy, fraud and associated crimes. But it is unclear if he is still in Britain, and he did not respond to requests for comment. |
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@recurve | 8 February 15 | |
After marriage, they apply to settle in Britain with their UK spouse, before dumping them when they are granted the right to remain here indefinitely, or acquire citizenship. It is common for the fraudster to claim half of their UK partner's home by having their name added to the property by the Land Registry without their spouse's knowledge. In many cases, they also rack up five-figure credit card bills and loans secured against their unsuspecting partner's property. Immigration Minister James Brokenshire last night insisted the Home Office was tightening the rules on marrying foreign partners. |
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@aroob | 9 February 15 | |
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@recurve | 14 February 15 | |
Jailed, groom in sham wedding who couldn't remember bride's name: Pakistani national admits he'd only communicated with Hungarian wife-to-be by laptop
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@recurve | 14 February 15 | |
Zubair Khan was forced to phone his uncle to get the name of his bride-to-be during the first appointment with the official due to conduct the ceremony. The blunder gave the game away and police and immigration officials turned up at the wedding to arrest the pair before they took their vows. Khan, 28, a Pakistani national, was a former college student who turned to a sham marriage plot in a desperate attempt to stay in the UK because his student visa was about to expire. |
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@recurve | 14 February 15 | |
His uncle Khaliq Khan, 48, a mobile phone businessman, agreed to help and they contacted Beata Szilagyi, 33, a jobless single mother from Hungary. They found her through a mutual friend. She was offered 2,000, which she considered a 'vast amount of money', to come to England to become his bride. |
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@recurve | 14 February 15 | |
As an EU national she was entitled to live in the UK. Yesterday both Khan and his uncle were jailed for 20 months at Hull Crown Court. Szilagyi, who has a toddler son, was jailed for 17 months. They all admitted conspiracy to breach UK immigration laws. |
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