A fake United States Embassy has been busted in Ghana after operating illegally for a decade.
According to a statement released by the U.S. State Department, the sham embassy operated in Accra in a run-down, pink, two-storey building with a corrugated iron roof and flew a U.S. flag outside. Inside the office is a portrait of President Barack Obama.
It was operated by a cartel that issued illegally obtained but legitimate visas. “It was not operated by the United States government, but by figures from both Ghanaian and Turkish organised crime rings and a Ghanaian attorney practicing immigration and criminal law,” the State Department said in its statement
Turkish citizens, who spoke English and Dutch, posed as consular officers and staffed the operation. The syndicate issued fraudulently obtained but legitimate U.S. visas and false identification documents, including birth certificates at a cost of $6,000 each.
During the raid at the sham embassy, several persons were arrested while items seized include authentic and counterfeit Indian, South African and Schengen Zone visas as well as 150 passports from 10 different countries along with a laptop and smart phones.
Source: lindaikeji
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How illegally obtained but still legitimate? Does not make sense
and this racket went on for ten years without detection? incredible;
This story doesn't add up. How can an illegally obtained visa still be legitimate? It means the fault is not Ghana security but rather that the US embassy is corrupt
that is why JDM will win my vote cos all evil things will be under control.
please the news is AL JAZEERA to 05/12/2016. its true.
Ghanaians why always criticising, have you ghanaians forgotten that our security services are weak and corrupt? corruption is at it highest level so i wont be suprise when i hear they manipulate the system
Peace fm is being noted for publishing false stories just like joyfm does. They are both losing their credibility.
... to throw dust into our eyes. this happening in America today
Come again! How can something be 'fraudulent' and still 'legitimate'. All i know is that immigrants need legitimate documents to travel.So if these SO CALLED 'CROOKS' managed to get legitimate documents, then 'ALMIGHTY' UNCLE SAM, the 'buck' stops at your gate.