A man who used a false CSCS card to work on UK construction sites has been sentenced to six months’ jail, following an investigation by the Home Office and CITB.
Gideon Emeka Okafor, a 23-year-old Nigerian man, was sentenced last Thursday at Sheffield Crown Court.
Okafor was arrested in November 2016 and charged with using a fake French national identification card to obtain a Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card in August 2015. It’s understood he then used the fake card to work illegally on construction sites in London for over a year.
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