BEIRUT: Internal Security Forces are pursuing a group accused of forging official documents to meet visa requirements for European countries, as they carry out investigations with one of the alleged perpetrators arrested last week.
In statement released Sunday, the ISF announced that it was pursuing a group accused of forging bank documents, IDs, work permits and commercial statements.
The forged documents would then be used for visa applications for European countries.
Preliminary investigations led the ISF to arrest one of the suspects on Dec. 24 in his residence in Bchamoun, where policemen also seized 16 forged stamps for banks and companies, 11 Lebanese passports, 4 checks, a laptop and $ 4,200 dollars.
During interrogations, the suspect allegedly confessed to the scam and to the involvement of other parties.
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