Immigrant used false name to illegally earn over £200,000 at Wakefield firm
He remains at large after fleeing the country
An immigrant illegally worked for years under a false name, earning hundreds of thousands of pounds in wages.
Esegiel Hilko, a Namibian national, has since left the UK.
He previously admitted charges of fraud by false representation and working illegally, and his sentencing took place at Leeds Crown Court this week in his absence.
Judge Simon Batiste said it was "unlikely he would return" so continued the hearing without him, sentencing him to two years' jail.
Outlining the case for the Crown, Zanisha Herbert said 44-year-old Hilko had a working holiday visa which he failed to renew.
He had spent years working at Really Useful Products Ltd in Normanton, but under a different name.
It was estimated between 2019 and 2025, when he was arrested, he had illegally earned at least £200,000.
Mitigating, Shila Whitehead said Hilko, formerly of Henry Street, Wakefield, had admitted his guilt early in the proceedings, but conceded there was little else to add.
Hilko had returned to Namibia to look after his terminally-ill mother after his first court appearance, failing to show for the remaining hearings.
Passing sentence, Judge Batiste said a warrant for his arrest still remains in place.