Hair today, here forever: Woman accused of using 'array of wigs' in elaborate citizenship scheme
In a hair-raisingly elaborate scheme, a woman in Britain has been arrested and accused of using an “array of wigs” to take people's U.K. citizenship tests for them.
In a hair-raisingly elaborate scheme, a woman in Britain has been arrested and accused of using an “array of wigs” to pose as at least 14 people and take their U.K. citizenship tests for them.
The Home Office, the government department that handles crime and immigration, said the 61-year-old woman, whose name was not released, helped the applicants — both male and female — gain “an unfair advantage” in the compulsory "Life in the UK" tests.
Investigators issued an arrest warrant for the woman Monday at an address in north London after they received a tip alleging she attended test centers around the country from June 2022 to August 2023, using fake IDs and multiple disguises to avoid detection.
Officers seized “several false documents and an array of wigs alleged to have been used in the fraudulent scheme” at the address, they said.
The woman remains in custody, the Home Office said.
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