A Bulgarian woman who was imprisoned for her share in the biggest benefits of Great Britain that fraud gang could ever reunite with her children this summer.
Galina Nikolova, 39, was sent to jail in May 2024 in addition to her boyfriend and three other members of the Eastern European gang after they had plowed the British welfare system by cheating around £ 54 million in taxpayers.
They hijack 6,000 identities to make claims for universal credit and even used the names of children who live in Bulgaria as part of the five -year -old scam.
The fraudsters have also set up three 'Benefit factories' throughout London that fake rental agreements, forged pays slips and forged letters from landlords, employers and general practitioners to mislead the DWP.
And it has now been revealed that Nikolova, who was eligible for deportation under the early removal schedule in October 2024, could be kicked from Great Britain according to the Telegraph.
The accelerated process to remove it is partly due to the time she served in pre -trial detention pending formal conviction, but also because of the government policy, so that foreign criminals can be deported for 18 months before their earliest release date.
In this case, the 39-year-old only had to chase half of her sentence, a date that would be surpassed if this summer was deported after he was arrested on May 5, 2021.
However, it is assumed that when Nikolova returns to her home country, she will not be imprisoned by the Bulgarian authorities and instead freely wander through the streets and return to her family.
Galina Nikolova (upstairs, right) was sent to prison next to her friend Stoyan Stoyanov (above, left) and three other gang members after the Eastern European group had plowed the British welfare system
They hijacked 6,000 identities to make claims for universal credit and even used the names of children living in Bulgaria as part of the five -year -old scam, so that they deceived around £ 54 million in taxpayers in cash
It is believed that when Nikolova returns to her home country, she will not be imprisoned by the Bulgarian authorities and instead freely wander through the streets and return to her family
The representatives of Nikolova say that it is only due to the Ministry of Work and the constant attempts of pensions to restore the stolen money that she has not yet started.
And until these studies have ended, Nikolova cannot be sent back to Bulgaria.
During a hearing at Wood Green Crown Court this week, pointed out to being 'realistic' about the amounts that they can reasonably expect to return from the fraudsters.
Ruby Shrimpton represented Nikolova and said that her client was eligible for deportation in October and if it had not been for the constant attempts to reclaim the funds, her return to Bulgaria would have been authorized.
Judge David Aaronberg KC asked Mrs. Shrimpton or Nikolova for the rest of her sentence in a Bulgarian prison when she was returned, who said she would “be freedom” and “in a position to take care of her children.”
The fraud pair is hugged together in an earlier Snap in Palmers Green, London
During a hearing at Wood Green Crown Court this week, he encouraged his prosecutors to be 'realistic' about the amounts they can reasonably expect from the gang
The gang got into the eye-watery amount from the greatest fraud ever in Great Britain
The huge money pass that was obtained from the claims was washed through a number of accounts and then included in cash
The judge said that he was 'surprised' that the Grifter could be reunited with her children within a few months, and added that he “expected that she would be in custody for many years.”
Nikolova, 39, and her friend Stoyan Stoyanov, 28, together with Tsvetka Todorova, 53, Gyunesh Ali, 34, and Patritsia Paneva, 27, were arrested in 2021 and imprisoned for a combined 25 years at Wood Green Crown.
To date, it is assumed that only £ 1 million from the migration of the gang has been recovered, with the majority of the funds understood in people who live in Bulgaria.
The group was only discovered after a Bulgarian police officer had informed British officials of a surprising trend of criminals in the city of Sleven who had noticeably come to large amounts.
Nikolova's partner, Stoyanov, has already been released from prison and is waiting for the investigation to end to make his deportation authorized.
Gyunesh Ali, 34, was also part of the gang and was arrested
Patritsia Paneva, 27, (left) and Tsvetka Todorova, 53, (right) were also arrested
During an earlier hearing, the 28-year procedures interrupted and demanded that he was sent back to Bulgaria because he 'had the right' to normally live again.
He said: 'Why is it my family, myself and my wife and our three children – who all have health problems – why should we all suffer? Do we not have the right to lead a normal life as normal people do? Where is the honesty in that? '
Judge Aaronberg said that Stoyanov responded to the eruption and did not have that right because of the seriousness of the crimes committed.
Nowadays, important members of the gang are still being investigated and they are still understood that they operate in the UK throughout the UK.
