BA supervisor 'ran £3,000,000 migration scam from Heathrow check-in desk' | 8ZU5PXG | 2024-02-28 11:08:01
A British Airways supervisor has been accused of operating a £3 million immigration scam from his check-in desk at Heathrow and is now on the run in India.
The 24-year-old is claimed to have charged clients £25,000 to help them fly with BA without the right visa paperwork.
The suspect carried out the rip-off for five years while working at Heathrow Terminal 5.
He fled the UK from Heathrow to India together with his floor providers associate after being arrested and bailed, The Sun stories.
His clients, principally from India, would pay to fly into the UK on a short lived customer visa, before the BA staff arranged them flights elsewhere with false documents.
Other shoppers embrace UK-based asylum seekers who have been fearful of returning to their origin nations.
Canadian officials ultimately found the scam after migrants landing in Vancouver or Toronto off a BA flight would declare asylum immediately upon arrival.
They found the same BA boss was checking in all the passengers and was falsely claiming that they had reliable digital travel authorisation documents.
A supply advised The Sun: 'He exploited a loophole figuring out that immigration checks are not carried out by officials however are left to airline employees.
'By inputting incorrect knowledge, and claiming eTA documents had been secured, he acquired individuals to nations that they had no permission to enter in the first place.
'On arrival, the bogus passengers would shred their documents and claim asylum.'
A spokesman for BA stated: 'We are aiding the authorities with their investigation.'
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