THREE judges have been charged as part of a police enquiry into an alleged scam involving legal aid claims of £12.6million.

They are among nine people summonsed to appear in court on July 17.

2 Kareena Maciel, left, Razi Shah, centre and Rasib Ghaffar have been charged as part of a police enquiry into an alleged scam involving bogus legal aid claims of £12.6m

The charges follow a two-year review by CPS lawyers of a “big and complex” probe by a Scotland Yard fraud squad.

The nine include two barristers, six solicitors and a legal clerk.

They are accused of fraud by misrepresentation in relation to one case in which exorbitant and fake claims were allegedly made.

The offence has a maximum ten-year jail term.

2 The charges came after a Scotland Yard probe that took two years to complete Credit: Alamy

Those charged include part-time immigration judges Rasib Ghaffar, 48, and Kareena Maciel, 46, and part-time civil judge Razi Shah, 47.

Barrister Ghaffar and solicitor wife Maciel, of Woodford, East London, decide on asylum claims and migrant appeals. Shah, of Windsor, Berks, is a solicitor advocate.

Of £12.6million allegedly claimed, £1.4million was paid out, which police say was mostly fraudulent.

The nine are due before Westminster magistrates.