According to the investigation, the main figure in the case turned out to be a local resident who involved her accomplices, property owners, in the scheme. They provided foreigners with services for fictitious registration at their place of residence, the cost of which reached 5,000 rubles.
"Thus, more than 1,500 citizens of Central Asian countries were illegally legalized in Irkutsk, and over 2,500 fictitious documents were produced," the message states.Criminal proceedings have been initiated against the suspects under part 2 of Article 322.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia. This article provides for punishment of up to 10 years of imprisonment. During searches, passports of foreign citizens, blanks of migration documents and contracts, as well as communication devices were found with the detainees. For three of the suspects, a preventive measure in the form of a travel ban has been imposed, while the others must appear upon request. All documents issued by them will be annulled, and the migrants who received fictitious documents will be deported, Volk added.
