A British Airways Supervisor, specifically an Unnamed, 24-year-old suspect who used to work at Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport, is on the run in India, over a visa scam. British police are right now working with their Indian counterparts to trace the man down.
According to UK media, it is believed that he carried out the scam program for at least 5 years causing 3 million British Pounds (31 crores in Indian rupee) in a visa scam. It is also believed that he used to charge GBP 25,000 (Around 26 lakh in Indian rupee) per trip, without the essential visa documents. He was arrested on January 6th and released on bail. Then he again ran away with his partner who is believed to be a British Airways ground service staffer. The newspaper also reports that The UK is assuming that he has flown out to India, where he has some properties of his own.
The Newspaper quotes, “He exploited a loophole knowing that immigration checks are no longer carried out by officials but are left to airline staff”. An investigation delved deep into this problem and found out that, all the passengers wrongly verified, who had an ETA to enter a chosen country. By collecting wrong data and claiming that the ETA documents had been secure, he got people into the countries they didn’t have the permission to enter. Many people used to pay him a good amount of money so that he could get them to Canada.
A British Airways Spokesperson Said, “We are helping the police with their investigation”. But the full length of the scam is still unknown.
