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Scam pair sentenced

by Paul Wilkinson

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 @ 12:46

TWO men who organised dozens of sham marriages in churches in Lincolnshire have been given six-year prison sentences.

For at least four years, the pair used a network of contacts to recruit brides from EU states to marry men who were prepared to pay to help them stay in the UK illegally.

Jose Tavares De Oliveira, a Portuguese national, and Weal Lewizy, an Egyptian, would book ceremonies at Grimsby Minster, and at St Aidan's, Cleethorpes. They would hire wedding dresses, ...

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