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Government Departments: Staff

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In the past five years there have been 29 convictions of Home Office staff in connection with their official activities. All the officers listed were subject to appropriate disciplinary procedures and were ultimately dismissed as a result of their conviction. The following table shows the breakdown of convictions and dates.

Name	Charges	Conviction date	Sentence
Collins OKELLO	Facilitation, Misconduct in Public Office	2006	2 years
Abid HUSSAIN	Misconduct in public office	26 March 2007	3½ years imprisonment
	Breaches of Immigration law
	Possession of a false instrument
Alvaro FIGUEIREDO	Misconduct in Public Office	1 October 2007	2½ years
Aisha Tokunbo AJIA	Misconduct in Public Office	12 February 2008	3½ years
Mofeyishola Olabamigbe Uzoma JOHN-AYO	Misconduct in Public Office	14 March 2008	9 years
William SHUNGU	Misconduct in public office	01 May 2008	16 months imprisonment
	Fraud
Jahangir ALAM	Misconduct in Public Office	6 June 2008	14 months
Shareen Naomi PATTERSON	Forgery	29 August 2008	2½ years
Babs CAREW	Bribery	17 October 2008	3 years
Eme ESUA	Misconduct in Public Office+ Section 25 of the ID Cards Act	24 April 2009	3 years + 2 x 16 months concurrent
Shannon FRANCIS	Fraud	12 May 2009	12 months community order
Aliya ALI	Misconduct in Public Office	25 September 2009	5 years
Olawunmi Rashidat MATTHEWS-AKUEMONKHAN	Fraud	08 December 2009	2½ years imprisonment
	Unlawfully obtaining personal data contrary to Data Protection Act
	Misuse of computers
David HART	Fraud	30 December 2009	18 months
Dilip MORAR	Fraud	04 February 2010	Sentenced to two custodial sentences of 12 months, each to run concurrently on 25 March 2010 and ordered to pay £6,469.84 compensation and £3000 costs.
Anthony Davis QUARCO	Misconduct in Public Office	2 March 2010	9 years 6 years;
	Proceeds of Crime Act Offences		5 years
	Facilitation		6 year
	ID Cards Act Offences		4 x 4 years; 3 x 2 years
Bridget EWORTH (nee IDIGBE)	Misconduct in Public Office	16 April 2010	6 years
Arthur THALLAPALLY	Misconduct in public office	10 August 2010	4 years imprisonment
	Fraud		Subsequent confiscation order to the value of £3,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act
Atma SAWH	Misconduct in Public Office	1 September 2010	5 years
Peter CRUMBIE	Facilitation	19 November 2010	12 Months
Maryam JAVAID	Misconduct in Public Office ID Cards Act offence	22 November 2010	2 years
Latesha POLSON	Fraud, Using a False Instrument	20 January 2011	100 hours community service + costs + compensation order
Karanjit MAND	Fraud, Misuse of Computers	4 April 2011	80 hours community service
Shezad MUSSA	Misconduct in Public Office	3 June 2011	12 months
Somayeh RAHIMI NEJAD TAFRESHI	Misconduct in public office	22 July 2011	4 years imprisonment
			Subsequent confiscation order to the value of £25,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act
Benjamin Aghogho ORORORO	Misconduct in Public Office	26 August 2011	5 years
Samuel SHOYEJU	Misconduct in public office	10 November 2011	7 years
Radhakrishnan KITTOOR RAMMAKRISHNAN	Misconduct in public office and money laundering	05 December 2011	8 years
Wayne DAVIS	Misconduct in public office	07 December 2011	pleaded guilty not yet sentenced.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

14312; 734 c35-7WA

Session

2010-12

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Crime Convictions Home Office Misconduct Staff

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