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Other times, immigration consultants aren’t out to defraud their clients, but still sometimes “make promises that they can’t keep,” she said.

However, she added that "fare evasion remains a significant problem, and rigorous action should be taken against those who intentionally seek to defraud the railway".

Robinson also defrauded genuine aspiring Scottish tea growers by selling them plants he claimed were grown in Scotland.

“This transnational criminal network sought to defraud the government of millions of dollars and almost succeeded,” Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles Acting Special Agent in Charge John Pasciucco said in a statement.

In criminal trials on both sides of the Atlantic from 2015 to 2019, 19 were convicted of conspiracy to defraud and nine were sent to jail.