UK government department whose investor visa rules the scheme circumvented; closed the Tier 1 investor route from 17 February 2022 and refused leave-to-remain applications from many scheme clients.
Kashim Chowdhury, on trial at Southwark Crown Court on nine fraud counts he denies, is accused of holding five full-time public sector jobs at once. The allegations are untested; if the prosecution's account holds, working from home let him keep each job secret from the other employers.
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NHS Employers and health unions estimate that longer visa settlement for support workers would cost NHS employers at least £169m. The figure comes from parties opposing the change, and its published inputs do not multiply out to the total.
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Research by Leigh Day and the Centre for Women's Justice has triggered a police super-complaint citing a 4.5% average charge rate for image-based abuse. Force leaders now have to decide whether to change how they handle these cases while the complaint is still under review.
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Cardiff and UWE academics pulled five years of arrest records from 36 forces in England and Wales, where the age pattern is firm, while the warning about international students recruited as mules comes from officer interviews rather than counted cases.
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A scheme that sold the appearance of investor visa qualification has cost three named individuals their standing in UK finance, and one of them is still contesting it.
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