Of Maurice, Home Office immigration enforcement criminal and financial investigation inspector Phillip Parr said in a previous statement: “This individual is believed to have orchestrated a pre-meditated plan to avoid detection, meticulously selecting disguises and test centre locations across the country to evade the authorities.
During the hearing, Maurice also admitted to conspiring to commit fraud with others over the scheme and to possessing two people’s identity documents, namely two UK provisional driving licences, without reasonable excuse on January 27 2025.
The Home Office previously said fraudsters completing the test for others could “lead to people wrongly being granted the right to remain in the country without the proper due diligence”.
Josephine Maurice appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court via video link from HMP Bronzefield where she admitted committing fraud between 1 June 2022 and 14 August 2023.
A woman has admitted pretending to be 13 different people in order to complete UK citizenship tests on behalf of other applicants.
