TfL worker facing ‘sham bride’ trial

A Transport for London worker accused of acting as a sham bride in an immigration scam appeared in court today (Mon). Valerija Bartosevic, 23, allegedly joined a plot to arrange ‘marriages of convenience’ between Lithuanian women and non-European men between 2011-2016. The conspiracy is said to have helped Pakistani immigrants to wed bogus Lithuanian brides so they could get leave to remain in the UK as EU nationals. Diana Stankevic, 25, and Muhammad Saqlain, 32, are accused of arranging the…