Three suspected fraudulent immigration lawyers have been arrested in Greater Manchester following a Home Office raid on Wednesday 24 January
The suspects are believed to be part of a legal advice firm run by Chinese and British nationals out of a garage attached to a residential property, which had been converted into an office.
The company owners, a married couple, are alleged to have been supplying fake documents to enable foreign nationals to falsify asylum claims and remain in the UK.
It is believed they have been charging more than £3,000 per client.
The firm is not registered with either the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner.
Minister for Illegal Migration, Michael Tomlinson MP, said:
Assistant Director of Home Office Criminal and Financial Investigations, Andrew Radcliffe, said:
John Tuckett, Immigration Services Commissioner, said: