A woman in her 60s has been arrested for allegedly using an “array of wigs” and other disguises to pose as at least 14 other people to help them pass UK citizenship tests.
The 61-year-old, who has not been named, helped men and women “gain an unfair advantage” in the Life in the UK Test, the Home Office said.
Anyone seeking to stay in the country indefinitely or naturalisation as a British citizen must take the test.
She was arrested at an address in Enfield, north London on Monday where “several false documents and an array of wigs alleged to have been used in the fraudulent scheme” were seized.
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”, the Home Office said.
