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'Bribes paid in immigration scam'
Bethany Hiatt, The West Australian March 22, 2011, 1:57 pm
Details of how Indian nationals paid thousands of dollars in an immigration scam emerged in the Corruption and Crime Commission today.
see the evidence
http://l.yimg.com/ea/doc/-/110322/unitest_16ogj2v-16ogj32.pdf
of course, we expect asians to be involved. The mastermind is non other than Kevin Low, an exams coordinator.
The commission is investigating whether a former Curtin employee took bribes to falsify results from the International English Language Testing System.
Three men testified this morning that they paid money to intermediaries to arrange for them to get the scores they needed for visa or permanent residency applications.
Rikenkumar Vaishnani said he and his friend Tusharkumar Patel paid $10,000 cash to Rajesh Kumar in June last year to arrange for scores of seven on the IELTS, which were the minimum he needed for a permanent residency application.
He had asked if he could sit the test at Edith Cowan University, but was told that he would have to do it at Curtin to get the scores he needed.
When the results came out the changes had not been made. He was told that he and Mr Patel would have to hand over another $2000 each.
Mr Vaishnani said Mr Kumar told him to wait in the carpark at Curtin while he went to get the false report.
He used the report to apply for a general skilled migration visa.
Another migrant, Harinder Jit, told the commission he gave $2500 to a Pritesh Shar, who he worked with at a petrol station, to get him a false report in September 2009.
After he got the scores he needed, he asked Mr Shar in March last year to also provide false results for his wife, Kaur Simarpreet, who needed scores of eight to be able to study for a teaching diploma at Edith Cowan University.
Mr Shar demanded a higher sum of $3200 to get her results altered.
A third witness, Vishal Pandya, said Mr Shar was a former flatmate who also told him about the scam.
He was asked to pay $1500 in June 2009.
Mr Pandya said Mr Shar told him that someone he worked with at a petrol station knew someone at Curtin who would be able to change his scores.
The hearing continues.
Bethany Hiatt, The West Australian March 22, 2011, 1:57 pm
Details of how Indian nationals paid thousands of dollars in an immigration scam emerged in the Corruption and Crime Commission today.
see the evidence
http://l.yimg.com/ea/doc/-/110322/unitest_16ogj2v-16ogj32.pdf
of course, we expect asians to be involved. The mastermind is non other than Kevin Low, an exams coordinator. The commission is investigating whether a former Curtin employee took bribes to falsify results from the International English Language Testing System.
Three men testified this morning that they paid money to intermediaries to arrange for them to get the scores they needed for visa or permanent residency applications.
Rikenkumar Vaishnani said he and his friend Tusharkumar Patel paid $10,000 cash to Rajesh Kumar in June last year to arrange for scores of seven on the IELTS, which were the minimum he needed for a permanent residency application.
He had asked if he could sit the test at Edith Cowan University, but was told that he would have to do it at Curtin to get the scores he needed.
When the results came out the changes had not been made. He was told that he and Mr Patel would have to hand over another $2000 each.
Mr Vaishnani said Mr Kumar told him to wait in the carpark at Curtin while he went to get the false report.
He used the report to apply for a general skilled migration visa.
Another migrant, Harinder Jit, told the commission he gave $2500 to a Pritesh Shar, who he worked with at a petrol station, to get him a false report in September 2009.
After he got the scores he needed, he asked Mr Shar in March last year to also provide false results for his wife, Kaur Simarpreet, who needed scores of eight to be able to study for a teaching diploma at Edith Cowan University.
Mr Shar demanded a higher sum of $3200 to get her results altered.
A third witness, Vishal Pandya, said Mr Shar was a former flatmate who also told him about the scam.
He was asked to pay $1500 in June 2009.
Mr Pandya said Mr Shar told him that someone he worked with at a petrol station knew someone at Curtin who would be able to change his scores.
The hearing continues.
