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Three immigration judges and five lawyers 'scammed taxpayer'
Shahid Rashid, 59, together with Razi Shah, 49, pictured, and husband and wife Rasib Ghaffar, 50, and Kareena Maciel, 47, allegedly claimed costs for a Bournemouth Crown Court trial in 2011.
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I'm a bit surprised about the amounts involved in this case.
A total of £12.6 million pounds of legal aid was defrauded in I think about 3 cases.
The first case involving 2 legal workers laying the ground work for the larger frauds which involved 2 immigration judges.
Do these amounts in any way seem out of the ordinary @Danllan ? I see some of the people under prosecution defended themselves for £16k but the legal representatives claimed £159K .. quite a significant difference as well as being a double payment for the work undertaken.