Elizabeth Balogh arrested

Elizabeth Balogh arrested

Elizabeth Balogh Arrested, She had every reason to be a blushing bride. Elizabet Balogh was arrested on her ‘special day’ after accepting a £400 payment to marry a complete stranger. But before Pakistani-born Asif Hussain could slip the ring on to her finger, immigration officials had handcuffs on her wrist and she was led away in her one-shouldered white dress.


Yesterday the 33-year-old was jailed, along with her intended husband and their matchmaker.
The scam was uncovered after the registrar became suspicious as Balogh and her 25-year-old fiancé exchanged little in the way of conversation ahead of their August wedding.

Prosecutor Hywel Hughes told Cardiff Crown Court: ‘It was apparent that there was very little verbal communication between the bride and groom’

He said that it struck the registrar as ‘very odd’ that the couple wanted to get married ‘as quickly as possible’ and had arranged the wedding in a matter of weeks.

Cardiff Crown Court heard that Balogh, who is originally from Hungary but has British citizenship, tried after her arrest to convince police that she really did want to marry Hussain, claiming: ‘It was love at first sight.’

But the couple soon admitted that their relationship was fake, and had been set up by Balogh’s cousin Valerie Farkas, 45, who played the role of interpreter.

The court heard that Hussain paid Balogh £400 to marry him after his student visa ran out. He had hoped to stay in Cardiff to undertake a master’s degree in business administration. All three admitted conspiracy to facilitate a breach of immigration law.