# Watch: ‘We don’t pay’ – lawyer advises how to avoid £45,000 illegal-worker fine

- Link: https://antisocial.news/watch-we-dont-pay-lawyer-advises-how-to-avoid-45000-illegal-worker-fine/
- Published: 2026-10-21T06:00:00+01:00
- Author: Stringer

A solicitor has been secretly filmed by the BBC explaining how he could make a £45,000 illegal working fine go away. Mohammad Alias Yousaf, also known as Alias, made the claim to an undercover reporter posing as a mini-mart owner facing a fine for employing an illegal worker. The Bradford-based solicitor told his potential client he could get out of the fine – if he could find someone overseas prepared to declare themselves the owner of the mini-mart. Alias has denied ever providing such advice, or giving false information to the Home Office. In response to our investigation, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a review of the way illegal working fines are issued and collected. Our UK editor, Ed Thomas, reports. Source link