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Six immigration officers have been charged over an alleged plot to steal property from migrants.

Besmir Matera, Lee-Ann Evanson, John Bernthal, Ben Edwardes, Jack Mitchell and David Grundy will all appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on January 29.

It follows a Home Office probe into allegations of thefts from migrants and money laundering.

Malcolm McHaffie, Head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Besmir Matera, 36, Lee-Ann Evanson, 42, John Bernthal, 53, Ben Edwardes, 45, Jack Mitchell, 33, and David Grundy, 43, following a Home Office investigation into thefts from migrants and money laundering between August 2021 and November 2022.

“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring the case to court and that it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings.

“We have worked closely with the Home Office’s Anti-Corruption Criminal Investigations Unit as they carried out their investigation.” 

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