{"id":72564,"date":"2016-07-20T15:33:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T15:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c626addc54006f0c3d6fe4ab941569a2"},"modified":"2016-07-20T15:33:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T15:33:54","slug":"news-story-tv-presenter-convicted-of-providing-illegal-immigration-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72564","title":{"rendered":"News story: TV presenter convicted of providing illegal immigration advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Ms Pantea Modiri, 41, of Arrabella Drive, Putney, London, today pleaded guilty to one charge of providing unregulated immigration advice and services at Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court.<\/p>\n<p>She was sentenced to a \u00a31,200 fine, compensation in the sum of  \u00a31,125 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a3991, in addition to a victim surcharge of \u00a3120.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Modiri is a prominent figure within the Persian community and has appeared regularly as a community TV presenter. She operated under 2 business names, Coronation Law LLP and Modiri &amp; Co, advertising in a Persian community publication and a company website.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the decision, the Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner, Dr Ian Leigh said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have clear standards outlining what we expect in terms of the fitness and competence of regulated advisers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs Modiri chose to operate outside the law. I am delighted with the outcome of this case, and I hope this sends a clear message to other people considering providing immigration advice &#8211; either act within the law or you will find yourself in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community TV presenter ordered to pay a fine of \u00a31,200 and compensation in the sum of \u00a31,125, for providing unregulated immigration advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}