Nigerian Man Gets 12 Months in Prison for Document Fraud

A man from Nigeria received a 12 month prison sentence after being found guilty of documentation fraud by the Maidstone Crown Court. Ayokunie James Osusami, a Nigerian national, pled guilty of his own accord on four separate counts of document tampering.

Immigration officers working at the UK Border Agency Joint Immigration crime team apprehended Osusami back in September, 2009 after investigations revealed that the man had presented a false Nigerian passport at a church where he planned to wed.

After these allegations surfaced, further enquiries revealed that Osusami came to the UK via a visitors visa back in 2005, but had failed to extend or leave the country. At the time of his arrest, Osusami was residing on Saltings Road in Snodland.

Carla Johnson, the head at the UK Border Agency for the local immigration branch in Kent, announced that the prosecution and sentencing of Osusami indicated that the immigration officials will not be tolerant of immigration crimes and illegal document destruction or tampering. She added that document fraud was a serious crime that would be dealt with harshly.

December 22, Osusami pled guilty to the court on four charges of owning false documents and was prosecuted under the Identity Cards Act of 2006. After his twelve month sentence is completed, officials have said that Osusami will be deported back to Nigeria.