Sunday, December 4, 2016

Ten Years and Nobody Knew

Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital Accra run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, the US State Department said.

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“It was not operated by the United States government, but by figures from both Ghanaian and Turkish organised crime rings and a Ghanaian attorney practising immigration and criminal law,” the State Department said in a statement.

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Investigations also uncovered a fake Dutch embassy, the State Department said.

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The crime ring issued fraudulently obtained but legitimate US visas and false identification documents, including birth certificates at a cost of $6,000 (£4,700) each, the statement said.

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The statement did not say how the gang obtained the authentic visas or how many people were believed to have illegally entered the US and other countries using visas issued by the crime ring.

  The Guardian
Or subsequently received American citizzenship?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE: It seems there was no fake embassy after all.

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