Flora Mendes, who had already been banned from practising law after a previous conviction, has had assets totalling more than ?700,000 seized by the Home Office after her conviction today. The Indian national, 45, duped her victims into thinking they were using the services of a legitimate immigration lawyer and promised to help secure them leave to remain in the UK. Instead, the defendant submitted fraudulent applications with no chance of succeeding, in exchange for payment. At St Albans Crown...