The scheme falsified official English test scores used for granting Australian permanent residency and visas.

Rajesh Kumar was sentenced in the West Australian District Court on Monday, after pleading guilty to 10 counts of bribery between November 2009 and June 2010.

Nine other people have been convicted and sentenced in relation to the bribery scheme, after the state's Corruption and Crime Commission charged 12 people with a total of 73 offences.

The court heard that Kumar became an intermediary in the scheme, personally receiving between $32,000 and $44,000 for his part, after initially paying to have his own International English Testing System (IELTS) results falsified by Kok Keith Low, a Curtin University English Language Centre employee.


Under Australian immigration laws, applicants for permanent residency, work or student visas are required to get a minimum 7.0 pass in four English subjects under the IELTS.

Kumar arranged the payments through another Indian national, Pritesh Shah, who worked at a local service station.
Shah, in turn, paid off another man, former Indian national Abdul Kader, who was living with Low and arranged with him to have Kumar's IELTS results falsified to help him with a work visa application.

Kumar then started "spruiking'' the scheme to other Indian students and taking a cut of up to $6000 per bribe.
Low was eventually jailed for two years on 15 counts of bribery, Kader to 18 months on 14 counts, and Shah one year on 14 counts.

Others who were variously involved in the scheme were jailed for between seven and nine months, suspended in each case, or received a fine of $20,000.

Describing Kumar's role in the scheme as that of a "spruiker'', Judge Jeremy Curthoys said his actions compromised the integrity of Australia's migration scheme and made it more difficult for genuine visa applicants to be accepted where there were quotas in place.

"It was greed - pure and simple,'' Judge Curthoys said in handing down his sentence.

Kumar's sentence was backdated to November 2 and he will be eligible for parole.

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