Tag: immigration fraud
Punjabi farmer faces Court over alleged Visa record-keeping failures
A blueberry farmer who employed dozens of overseas backpackers to pick his crop is to face Court for alleged serious record-keeping failures. Click here to get attorneys for employer disputes Fair Work Ombudsman...
Australian Government target Fake marriages on fraudulent welfare payments
An increase in the number of allegations relating to the facilitating of fake marriages for visas has prompted a crackdown by the department of immigration on the scam. In a joint effort with...
Indian pair faces court over sham marriages in Australia
Brisbane Magistrates Court have heard how an Indian couple paid dozens of Australian women to marry Indian men in a visa scam. A number of women have appeared in court since May 11,...
Indian cooks allegedly forced into paying thousands in return for visa support
According to the Fair Work Ombudsman, an Albury café owner allegedly coerced two Indian workers into paying thousands of dollars cash in return for visa support. The two young cooks were allegedly escorted...
Corrupt Australian immigration employee fled India with $1.2m in the bank
A corrupt immigration official and her husband who were involved in a $3 million visa racket were allowed to flee the country with more than $1 million in the bank days after...
19 Indians held for suspected immigration fraud linked to Sikh religious workers
London — Nineteen people have been arrested in raids targeting a suspected immigration scam where people are brought from India to Britain as religious ministers and then disappear. The Home Office said the...