Vicar jailed for sham marriages scam

A Church of England vicar was jailed for four years today for his part in Britain’s biggest sham marriage fraud to help hundreds of illegal immigrants stay in Britain.

Vicar jailed for sham marriages scam
Mon, 06 Sep, 2010 - 16:34

A Church of England vicar was jailed for four years today for his part in Britain’s biggest sham marriage fraud to help hundreds of illegal immigrants stay in Britain.

The Reverend Alex Brown, 61, abused his position to marry hundreds of desperate African men to hard-up Eastern European women at his small parish church.

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