in, arranging the renewal of innocent people s passports but with the photographs of criminals who needed a new identity. long time criminal chris mccormack was the link with the customers, but it was beard who would call the passport office posing as different passport holders. good afternoon. thank you for calling her majesty s passport 0ffice, you re speaking gillian, how can i help you? anthony beard, who s 61, pleaded guilty to making false documents. today he was jailed for six years and eight months. no comment. daniel sandford, bbc news at reading crown court.
investigators say the criminals would pay up to £20,000 for a passport. these people were, i would say, at the top end of serious organised crime. they ve made an awful lot of money out of organised criminality, both in the uk and internationally. the scam was actually quite simple. when you apply for an adult passport for the first time, you need to attend an in person interview, which is quite difficult if you re a criminal on the run in spain. but if you re renewing a passport, it s largely a case ofjust updating the photograph. and that s where anthony beard came in, arranging the renewal of innocent people s passports, but with the photographs of criminals who needed a new identity. long time criminal chris mccormack was the link with the customers, but it was beard who would call the passport 0ffice posing as different passport holders. good afternoon. thank you for calling her majesty s passport 0ffice,
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