Employees of the Russian FSB Directorate in the Kamchatka Territory, in coordination with colleagues from the Sakhalin Region, arrested a resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on suspicion of organizing an illegal migration channel. As the ministry's press service reported, the detainee, who worked as a system administrator at a transport enterprise, together with an accomplice was involved in the production of fake receipts for payment of labor patents.
Based on these fictitious documents, other members of the criminal group extended the stay of foreign citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation. The suspect's residence was searched and equipment used to make fake invoices was confiscated.
A criminal case has been opened against a person detained under the provisions on the organization of illegal stay of foreigners in the Russian Federation; The court chose detention for him as a preventive measure. Previously, three more members of the criminal group – foreign citizens – were detained in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Novosibirsk.
Migrants legalized by members of criminal groups were also identified and detained, and criminal charges were brought against them for using false documents. A procedure has been initiated for the administrative expulsion of foreign citizens illegally staying in Russia.
It was previously reported that former mayor Plyos Register for relatives 2/3 of the total housing in the city.
