Mr. Mayomi who claimed he was earning just £700 monthly and his wife, Juliet, were convicted of fraud in 2010 after using an identity and immigration scam to falsely claim £43,000 in benefits. Juliet claimed benefits after telling benefit bosses she was a single mother and a victim of domestic violence. They lived in Croydon, South London.
After their crime was discovered, their assets were frozen, and an investigation into the amount they gained from their crimes was launched.
Croydon Council discovered that Mayomi, who received a 30 month sentence two years ago, owned a luxurious home worth more than £1m in Nigeria, complete with chandeliers, £89,000 worth of sound equipment and a £25,000 watch.
His wife wore a Rolex watch and drove a Mercedes Sport Coupe.
The British Investigators also discovered that he owned two money-transferring businesses, bank accounts and a fish farm in Nigeria.
According to a report by Daily Mail, his wife, Juliet had claimed to be a single parent claiming housing and council tax benefits. She then asked the council to rehome her to escape domestic violence, but the number given for her landlord was in fact that of Mayomi, under a false name.
At a police interview, Mayomi admitted he bought the identity of Ayiomike Matthew Neburagho and had entered the UK as him. Mayomi was also shown a wedding photograph of himself, using the Neburagho identity, marrying a Nigerian woman in the UK.
He admitted he was the groom in the wedding photo but he said he was “just standing in for someone”. Juliet and Mayomi pleaded guilty to all charges. Now, a judge has ordered Mayomi to pay £1,197,743.54 by March 14 next year or face six years in jail, with the debt remaining. At an earlier hearing Juliet was told to pay £9,357.42 or face five months in jail.
Their scam was unravelled when a visa application by Mayomi showed they had married a year earlier and that Juliet had a job in order to support him. Their action has caused an outrage from some UK residents who say that the couple are part of those draining the housing and benefit system funded by taxpayers money. Here are pictures of their mansion in Lekki, Lagos state discovered by the fraud investigators:
6 comments:
Nemesis have got up with them
This fraud happen everywhere, its not only in Nigeria, in every country there bad eggs,this one of them
They say charity begins at home, if our country was free of corruption and the environment is encouraging with entrepreneurial support from the govt,he wont be caught dead being a taxi driver and being a 419 in the real sense of the word. I am not in support of what he has done but these are facts that make people do things irrationally
Can we not blame the govt for every Nigerian that fails or disppoints himself,i am 40yrs things are not so wonderful with me financially, you dont see me going abroad to be 419 or do stupid things all in the name of getting rich quick.
Its all abt living a false life wanting to be the fast lane, foolish couple giving our country bad name
The visa issueres hope you won't for this reason not issue visas to those that deserve it o!,i'm just saying
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