Immigration judge Rasib Ghaffar ‘was part of a gang who swindled £2m in legal aid payments’

A judge teamed up with a gang of crooked lawyers to fleece the taxpayer out of nearly £2m in false legal aid claims, a court heard. Rasib Ghaffar, 54, was part of a group of legal professionals who dishonestly claimed £1,856,584 in costs relating to a trial in 2011, it was said. He allegedly raked in more than £140,000 when he did not even act as an advocate in the case at Bournemouth Crown Court, which involved Indian restaurants employing…