A father sought to gain financially by seeking to place another man's name on his baby's birth certificate. The fraudulent scheme was scuppered after staff at Cardiff Register Office became suspicious when the baby's name was spelled incorrectly on the application.
Antonian Psota, 24, agreed to put the name of Anderson Gjuta, 23, on his child's birth certificate after he was offered payment. Mr Gjuta had come to the UK illegally and believed he would have more chance of securing a visa to remain in the country if he was registered as the child's father.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday heard the defendants and the child's mother travelled from the West Midlands to Cardiff on March 21. The mother spoke to a registrar while the two men waited outside.
