Three convicted over illegal migration scheme in Nizhny Novgorod region

Three people have been convicted over an illegal migration scheme in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region that used fictitious documents to enable more than 300 foreign nationals to remain in the country, the regional FSB said.

The group comprised a foreign national living in the region and two residents of Bor, including an employee of a public services centre. According to the FSB, they produced fictitious sets of documents for migration registration.

The foreign national received three years and nine months in prison, while an accomplice received a year. The public services centre employee received a two-year suspended prison sentence.

The case was brought under Part 2 of Article 322.1 of Russia’s Criminal Code, which covers organising foreign nationals’ illegal stay in the country.