Azuha Izegbune, 38, was the mastermind of the visa con - which saw fake weddings staged at registry offices in Birmingham, Stoke and Glasgow.
The former security guard from Birmingham, West Midlands, was paid to arrange fake weddings between Hungarian and Nigerian nationals so they could remain in the UK.
Some of the grooms were flown in to the UK just hours before the fake ceremonies took place.
Izegbune is himself married to a Hungarian and has lived legally in the UK since 2009 with dual Nigerian and Hungarian nationality
The Nigerian national poses in bed with her husband. She is due to give birth in October
The father-of-two was jailed for 31 months after pleading guilty to five counts of conspiracy to facilitate a breach of UK immigration law.
Meanwhile, Hungarian national Ivett Szanto, 31, admitted taking part in one fake marriage with a Nigerian man who was also seeking a visa.
Ivett Szanto, right was jailed for taking part in one marriage and conspiring with Izegbune to arrange two others. Chioma Nwangwu, left, married her groom in a Birmingham in June 2013 and was jailed for 16 months
One of the fake brides, pregnant Nigerian Hellen Adedjumo-Dani, 31, took photos of herself with her fake partner outside McDonald's restaurants across Birmingham to try and make her relationship appear real, the court heard.
Nwanunwanne Eze, left, was jailed for 17 months for her attempted sham marriage in Glasgow - which was raided by investigators. Hellen Adejumo-Dani, right, was jailed for 22 months
The Nigerian national poses in bed with her husband. She is due to give birth in October
Adejumo-Dani during her wedding to a Hungarian man - whose number was saved as 'babe' in her phone
She had images of herself in a dressing gown on her bed and even saved her fake groom as 'Babe' on her phone.
Nigerian women Nwabunwanne Eze, 35, and Chioma Nwangwu, 28, both from Birmingham, were all jailed for taking part in their own fake marriages.
Nwangu married her groom Birmingham registry office in June 2013.
Eze attempted to marry at Glasgow registry office in August 2013 - but the ceremony was raided by investigators.
She and Nwangwu pleaded guilty to one charge of breaching immigration law and were jailed for 16 months and 17 months respectively.
Hellen Adejumo poses with her Hungarian 'husband' in a McDonald's restaurant in a picture taken to convince people they were a legitimate couple
She had studied Health and Social Care at South Birmingham College after arriving legitimately on a student visa in 2010.
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