The government’s “golden visa” scheme, which was meant to lure super-rich investors, has been targeted by people with suspected criminal links as well as 10 Russian oligarchs to gain a foothold in the UK, a review has disclosed.
Suella Braverman, the home secretary, said “a minority” of more than 6,000 individuals who used the tier 1 (investor) visa route were “potentially at high risk” of having obtained wealth through corruption, illegality or organised crime – and that many were still under investigation by the police.
