Corrupt Brisbane immigration case officer sold visas

In what has been described as the largest corruption scandal in the department of immigration, a Brisbane based case officer took over half a million dollars in bribes for granting visas to at least 59 foreigners.
Calls have now emerged for an overhaul of the visa approval process after the conviction of corrupt immigration officer, Filipino-born Alex Escala Allan, 52, from Doolandella, in Brisbane’s southwest.
Allan was sentenced in the District Court in Brisbane on Tuesday to eight months’ jail for secretly receiving $563,290 in bribes between May 2013 and April last year, according to a report in the Courier Mail.
Among those granted the visas include Allan’s son and girlfriend, both who are now awaiting deportation. DIBP has not made much headway in tracking the others.
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