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How Nigerian Doctor Defrauded Desperate Migrants, Job Seekers Of Millions Of Naira In UK Relocation Scam —Report

He said each job vacancy secured from a UK care home was worth £2,000 ($2,600), with an additional £500 ($650) commission.


Many unsuspecting Nigerians dream of relocating to the United Kingdom for a better life, but fraudulent agents exploiting the UK’s Health & Care Worker visa scheme have turned this dream into a nightmare.

In an undercover investigation, BBC Africa Eye exposed Dr Kelvin Alaneme, a Nigerian doctor and founder of CareerEdu, who has been running a fraudulent operation, charging desperate job seekers exorbitant fees for non-existent jobs in the UK care sector.

Secret recordings by the BBC captured Dr. Alaneme boasting about his operation. Believing he was speaking to a potential business partner in the UK care industry, he offered her a role in his network, saying: “Just get me care homes. I can make you a millionaire.”

He said each job vacancy secured from a UK care home was worth £2,000 ($2,600), with an additional £500 ($650) commission. These job slots were then sold to unsuspecting Nigerian job seekers, many of whom ended up stranded in the UK with no work and no means of survival.

Under UK law, charging candidates for jobs is illegal. Yet, Dr. Alaneme openly itted that desperate job seekers had no other option.

“They [the candidates] are not supposed to be paying because it's free. It should be free,” he acknowledged. But he justified the scam, adding: “They are paying because they know it’s most likely the only way.”

One victim, Praise, narrated his of the ordeal. He paid over £10,000 ($13,000) to Dr Alaneme, believing he had secured a job at a care company called Efficiency for Care in Clacton-on-Sea. However, upon arrival, he discovered that the job was a lie.

“If I had known there was no job, I would not have come here. I came here to do a job,” he lamented, revealing that he was left on the verge of homelessness.

Investigations revealed that Efficiency for Care had a shocking employment record. While it officially had 16 employees in 2022 and 152 in 2023, Home Office documents showed that it had issued a staggering 1,234 Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) to foreign workers between March 2022 and May 2023.

In July 2023, the UK government revoked the company’s sponsorship licence, effectively banning it from recruiting foreign workers.

However, the company continues to operate and denies any involvement in fraudulent recruitment.

Dr. Alaneme also described another scheme, where fake payroll records were created to give the illusion that migrants had legitimate jobs, allowing them to remain in the UK illegally.

The BBC confronted him with the findings, but he denied running a scam. He insisted that CareerEdu only offered “legitimate services” and that the money paid by victims, such as Praise, was handed over to a recruitment agent for transportation, accommodation, and training.

He even claimed he had tried to help Praise secure another job for free.

The BBC also uncovered another scam run by UK-based recruiter Nana Akwasi Agyemang-Prempeh. Victims across the UK claimed Agyemang-Prempeh defrauded them of nearly £67,000, promising them care worker jobs that never existed.

Some of the Certificates of Sponsorship he issued were outright fakes, replicas of legitimate Certificates of Sponsorship documents from genuine care companies.

Confronted with these allegations, Agyemang-Prempeh feigned innocence, claiming he too had been “scammed” and had unknowingly distributed fake certificates.

“I am not authorised to issue Certificates of Sponsorship,” he told BBC reporters.

Matthew Bond, CEO of Borderless, a tech company specialising in immigration compliance, shed light on why the scam thrives.

“A Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) is issued by a business that says, ‘I’m going to sponsor this individual.’ Without that, you can't get a visa or travel to the UK for work,” he explained.

“Because so many people want these jobs, rogue agents have taken advantage of the system, charging candidates tens of thousands of pounds for these certificates.”

Another victim, Harry (not his real name), shared his heart-wrenching experience. He lost nearly £9,500 (17 to 18 million Naira) to these scams.

“I sold my properties, resigned from my job, took out loans from family and friends – all to move to the UK. Now, I have nothing,” he said, his voice heavy with regret.

“These scammers keep getting rich, using people's sweat—people that have laboured. Many of us travel with not just our dreams, but the dreams and hopes of our families. Now, everything is gone.”

The UK Home Office, responding to BBC’s investigation, vowed to crack down on fraudulent recruitment practices.

“The government has announced robust new action against shameless employers who abuse the visa system, with tough measures that will ban businesses who flout UK employment laws from sponsoring overseas workers,” a spokesperson said.

While the UK government is stepping up enforcement, thousands of victims are still struggling with the financial and emotional wreckage caused by these fraudulent schemes.

This investigation was conducted by Africa Eye and the BBC's Global Disinformation Unit.



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Criminal Dr.

Flatten his paralellogram head with crowbar

INEC should PLEASE install polling booths in foreign jails and brothels

Obi Lamba will have at least 20 million votes vs Tinubu's 8 million.

Ndigbo na your side I dey. Na the way we fit comot Tulumbu

Otherwise na Councillor under APC, Obi fit get ooo

Fraud & Nigerian are 5&6

Wicked soul.

How do these kinds of people deal with their minds?
Nigerian politicians and all fraudsters inclusive

Them plenty like that..

They’re usually among those that do fuel this *Japa*..

Many Nigerians will continue being duped until they liberate themselves from abroad syndromes

Greed is an unexplainable force. A doctor that is married to a doctor, both are doing well professionally and are not contented with what they have been blessed with.

.. which way, Nigeria?

Kelvin Alaneme

hmmn.... Yoruba dokitor

And he's on twitter acting like nothing happened. People are evil.

:-XW

Hahaha

Akpaamunsi:


hmmn.... Yoruba dokitor

Taich:
Greed is an unexplainable force. A doctor that is married to a doctor, both are doing well professionally and are not contented with what they have been blessed with.

You see these western countries, to chop a good life, you need to add illegal into it..

80% of those living good life are into one illegal or the other..

Even Us, Uk wey you dey see today, nah illegal dem take become wetin dem become..

lavylilly:
Fraud & Nigerian are 5&6

Indian

The man said he will sue them. Fraudulent people everywhere.

8 in 10 Nigerians are criminals. Either in or out of government. Overtly or covertly.

Sadly, we even brag about it and call it woke.

People display criminality with confidence and swagger

Funny thing is, we only blame people in government, forgetting that they are all started like us.

God in wherever He is knows that if I wasn't a Nigerian myself, I will never have anything to do with people from this country.

We are all criminals

This is heartbreaking....beating someone already on the floor is the highest form of man's inhumanity to fellow man

Na Tinubu send am to defraud fellow Nigerians?

Akpaamunsi:


hmmn.... Yoruba dokitor

Alaneme is a typical IGBO surname. Even the Igbos on Nairaland can't deny that the guy is Igbo.

Seems you want people to curse you here... 🙄

Desperation of Japa syndrome.
I blame the government.

God Almighty will expose these scammers and their evil deeds they did to people in Jesus name. They have no conscience at all.

His page is filled with positive comments like as if nothing is happening.
I pray he and his kinds are brought to book soon.
Defrauding people of their hard earn money is such a barbaric behavior.
One even said it in the video that her and her mom and siblings don't talk because of these migration thing . It is so heart breaking to watch.
He even claimed it was a set up by BBC , how come BBC single handedly set you up just for videos if people have not been complaining?