An Indian solicitor has been struck off the roll for orchestrating sham marriages and submitting fraudulent applications to help migrants enter the UK. Mathew Chellam, 53, engaged in a complex web of deceit to swindle the British government and facilitate illegal immigration.
Mathew Chellam, described as having spun a web of lies and deceit, was involved in providing a package of 'false and fictitious' evidence to the Home Office between 2012 and 2013. His actions resulted in him being paid handsomely for his services. In 2016, following a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Chellam was handed an eight-year jail sentence. The judge condemned his behaviour as 'misleading' and 'deceitful.'
