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| Tutor sent to jail over ID fraud | |
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| A university tutor who taught students about computer security and identity theft has been jailed for two years for identity fraud offences. | |
| Eni Oyegoke, 28, held classes at the University of Glamorgan in Pontypridd after getting the job using a false passport. | |
| Originally from Nigeria, he had been living at an address in Cardiff, but has been told he now faces deportation. | |
| He admitted 13 fraud, deception and theft offences at Newport Crown Court. | He admitted 13 fraud, deception and theft offences at Newport Crown Court. |
| Prosecutor Tracey Lloyd-Nesling told the court Oyegoke moved to Britain five years ago on a six-month visa. | |
| One of his roles was to set students tasks giving them a celebrity and then seeing how much they could find out using a computer Tracey Lloyd-Nesling, prosecuting | One of his roles was to set students tasks giving them a celebrity and then seeing how much they could find out using a computer Tracey Lloyd-Nesling, prosecuting |
| The court heard that he enrolled at the university in 2005 as a PhD student but was soon given a part-time position at its school of computing. | |
| "One of his roles was to set students tasks giving them a celebrity and then seeing how much they could find out using a computer," said Miss Lloyd-Nesling. | "One of his roles was to set students tasks giving them a celebrity and then seeing how much they could find out using a computer," said Miss Lloyd-Nesling. |
| "Often, it was not a very difficult task." | "Often, it was not a very difficult task." |
| House raid | House raid |
| She told the court that after applying to the DVLA for a British driving licence using a false passport number, immigration officers were alerted and began investigating. | |
| The judge heard how his home in Cardiff Bay was raided by officials where a counterfeit driving licence was discovered. The prosecution said he claimed "it was made as part of his thesis". | |
| The investigation also revealed how he had stolen nearly £20,000 on two credit cards he had taken out in the name of his former landlords while they were in Australia. | The investigation also revealed how he had stolen nearly £20,000 on two credit cards he had taken out in the name of his former landlords while they were in Australia. |
| Leighton Hughes, defending, said Oyegoke had turned to crime to pay his tuition fees after spiralling into debt. | Leighton Hughes, defending, said Oyegoke had turned to crime to pay his tuition fees after spiralling into debt. |
| One always has sympathy with somebody who desperately wants to advance their prospects in life through the education system and you clearly are a man of some considerable ability Judge Roderick Denyer | One always has sympathy with somebody who desperately wants to advance their prospects in life through the education system and you clearly are a man of some considerable ability Judge Roderick Denyer |
| "He is young man who, on the face of it, has gone off the rails," said Mr Hughes. | "He is young man who, on the face of it, has gone off the rails," said Mr Hughes. |
| Mr Hughes also said Oyegoke's girlfriend was pregnant with his baby. | |
| "He made the gross mistake of taking advantage of his knowledge and knowledge of others to gain two credit cards from Egg," he said. | "He made the gross mistake of taking advantage of his knowledge and knowledge of others to gain two credit cards from Egg," he said. |
| "He is an intelligent man and he has a talent which he used in the wrong direction." | "He is an intelligent man and he has a talent which he used in the wrong direction." |
| Judge Roderick Denyer told Oyegoke: "One always has sympathy with somebody who desperately wants to advance their prospects in life through the education system and you clearly are a man of some considerable ability. | Judge Roderick Denyer told Oyegoke: "One always has sympathy with somebody who desperately wants to advance their prospects in life through the education system and you clearly are a man of some considerable ability. |
| "I'm afraid when we come to the Egg credit cards, it seems to be good old-fashioned fraud." | "I'm afraid when we come to the Egg credit cards, it seems to be good old-fashioned fraud." |
| Jane Farleigh, the Border and Immigration Agency's newly-appointed director for Wales and the south-west, said: "This case shows that we are working extremely closely with the police and other agencies to catch anyone flouting our laws." | |
| After the case, the University of Glamorgan said Oyegoke had completed a masters degree at another UK university, he had held a British passport and "the necessary genuine qualifications to be eligible for PhD study." | |
| The university said he had "acted, on occasion, as a tutor, a role undertaken by many PhD students", and his PhD, called Intrusion Detection and Network Security, was unrelated to identity fraud. | |
| The university said it had worked with police during their investigation and his details had been removed from its website after his conviction. |