Posted on 01/26/2013 10:04:07 PM PST by JohnPDuncan
Maybe he can get a job in the Administration?
- A crooked registrar faces a lengthy jail sentence after being found guilty of issuing false birth certificates to a gang of African fraudsters who stole at least £4million from taxpayers over 20 years.
Azu Akpom provided fake certificates to the ringleader of the gang who went on to create false identities for up to 100 children to milk the benefits system.
Croydon Crown Court heard how the Nigerian-born father of three was ultimately trapped by a text message which, despite his denial, showed he knew the gang’s chief conspirator, Ugandan-born Ruth Nabuguzi, 49.
Last year the same court heard how she was at the centre of the scam which also saw her claim to be suffering from HIV and needing costly drugs – yet in reality she sent them back to Uganda to be sold for huge profits.
Supplying the drugs for so many years cost the taxpayer more than £2million. The gang exploited false identities in the fraud relating to accommodation and sub-letting of flats at a cost of £650,000, and various benefits totalling £900,000.
This week 46-year-old Akpom’s role in the scam was exposed as prosecutor Paul Raudnitz told the jury: ‘This case revolves around the making of false identities for children and Azu Akpom as a registrar was at the centre of helping make those identities.
‘While he denies any knowledge of knowing Ruth Nabuguzi there is an incriminating text message directly from his mobile phone to hers which was found by the investigating authorities.
‘These certificates enabled the gang to make numerous false claims for both child benefits and child tax credits and other allowances.
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Nothing new under the Sun.
So, what kind of penalty does one get for issuing a false BC to an African fraudster who stole $6 Trillion from US taxpayers over 4 years?
Was there this much fraud and abuse when the Church was the primary provider of support for the poor?
Nothing new under the Sun. Obama’s story inspires 100’s.
LOL!
He’s got a bright future in Hawaii!
Wow, that is an excellent comment. Chart the rise in government social welfare against the fall of church attendance. The giving has become thieving and we have no say in how it is spent.
sfl
Or in the Daily Mail, for that matter.
Or in the Daily Mail, for that matter.
Azu Akpom ?
Doesn’t sound like a typical Limey name...
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