Convicted conman Victor Bassey, who was jailed for two years for setting up a fake airline, has been detained by the UK Border Agency while officials make plans to expel him. Convicted conman Victor Bassey, who was jailed for two years for setting up a fake airline, has been detained by the UK Border Agency while officials make plans to expel him. But Bassey is causing a headache for the authorities by staying silent on his background – despite previously claiming to be Nigerian. It is also believed the 51-year-old is bidding to be released from the detention centre in the south of the country and return to the North-East where he started his phoney airline.