US Embassy welcomes detention of two who made, issued fake US visa
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The US Embassy in Georgia has praised the Georgian Interior Ministry for detaining two individuals who created and then issued a fake US visa in exchange for $8,600.
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The embassy said that the case was a ‘successful example’ of cooperation between them and Georgian law enforcement agencies.
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Georgian law enforcers have detained two individuals, identified only as Z.Ch. and N.J., for visa fraud in Tbilisi. Police found that the detainees promised several Georgian citizens to create forged US visa documents in exchange for a certain amount of money.