9 result(s) for passport fraud in Current Affairs
Passport Fraudsters Imprisoned in Hungary for Selling Fakes to Foreigners
- 24 Jun 2022 4:15 PM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The Pécs Court sentenced seven people involved in a fake passport operation to jail terms of three to four and a half years after convicting them of bribery and forgery of official documents.
Passport Fraud Scam For Foreigners Uncovered In Hungary
- 12 Jan 2021 8:41 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
Prosecutors have charged eight people suspected of fraudulently obtaining Hungarian passports for 76 foreigners by bribing two passport office clerks.
EC Expects Explanation For Alleged Passport Fraud
- 25 May 2018 11:33 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The European Commission expects an explanation from Hungarian authorities regarding alleged Hungarian passport fraud cases reports direkt36.hu.
Hungarian Passport Fraud Concerns U.S. Gov't
- 11 May 2018 9:46 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The U.S. government has major concerns regarding passport fraud in Hungary and may terminate its visa waiver for Hungarian citizens, investigative news site Direkt36 and U.S. daily the Washington Post said on Thursday.
Prosecutor Presses Charges Against Former Socialist Official
- 7 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Investigating Chief Prosecutor’s Office said it pressed charges of excessive fraud and document abuse against Gábor Simon, a former deputy leader of the opposition Socialist Party. Simon’s case goes back to February 2014 when it came to light during the run-up to the general election that Simon had undeclared assets worth about 240 million forints (EUR 780,000) held on an Austrian ...
Hungarian Party LMP Presses Ministry To Release List Of Diplomatic Passports
- 27 Apr 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition LMP party is filing a lawsuit in a bid to force the foreign ministry to reveal a list of diplomatic passport-holders over the past five years. Bernadett Szél, LMP’s coleader, noted in a statement on Friday that Csaba Tarsoly, the owner of bankrupted brokerage firm Quaestor now under arrest on suspicion of fraud, had made several trips around the world using a diplomatic passport ...
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Is There A Passport Mafia In Hungary? A 'Citizenship Dealer' Speaks Out
- 26 Sep 2014 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén defended the Hungarian citizenship process yesterday after Index published a two-part exposé of Hungary’s “passport mafia” that appeared in the wake of Fidesz’s fast-tracked dual-citizenship law of 2010.
Hungarian Businessman Welsz Death Still A Mystery
- 24 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Businessman Tamás Welsz handed over to police almost all available documentation of his illegal activity before he died in a police car last Thursday, Népszabadság learned from police sources.
Passport Fraudsters Imprisoned in Hungary for Selling Fakes to Foreigners
- 24 Jun 2022 4:15 PM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The Pécs Court sentenced seven people involved in a fake passport operation to jail terms of three to four and a half years after convicting them of bribery and forgery of official documents.
Passport Fraud Scam For Foreigners Uncovered In Hungary
- 12 Jan 2021 8:41 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
Prosecutors have charged eight people suspected of fraudulently obtaining Hungarian passports for 76 foreigners by bribing two passport office clerks.
EC Expects Explanation For Alleged Passport Fraud
- 25 May 2018 11:33 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The European Commission expects an explanation from Hungarian authorities regarding alleged Hungarian passport fraud cases reports direkt36.hu.
Hungarian Passport Fraud Concerns U.S. Gov't
- 11 May 2018 9:46 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The U.S. government has major concerns regarding passport fraud in Hungary and may terminate its visa waiver for Hungarian citizens, investigative news site Direkt36 and U.S. daily the Washington Post said on Thursday.
Prosecutor Presses Charges Against Former Socialist Official
- 7 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Investigating Chief Prosecutor’s Office said it pressed charges of excessive fraud and document abuse against Gábor Simon, a former deputy leader of the opposition Socialist Party. Simon’s case goes back to February 2014 when it came to light during the run-up to the general election that Simon had undeclared assets worth about 240 million forints (EUR 780,000) held on an Austrian ...
Hungarian Party LMP Presses Ministry To Release List Of Diplomatic Passports
- 27 Apr 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition LMP party is filing a lawsuit in a bid to force the foreign ministry to reveal a list of diplomatic passport-holders over the past five years. Bernadett Szél, LMP’s coleader, noted in a statement on Friday that Csaba Tarsoly, the owner of bankrupted brokerage firm Quaestor now under arrest on suspicion of fraud, had made several trips around the world using a diplomatic passport ...
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Is There A Passport Mafia In Hungary? A 'Citizenship Dealer' Speaks Out
- 26 Sep 2014 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén defended the Hungarian citizenship process yesterday after Index published a two-part exposé of Hungary’s “passport mafia” that appeared in the wake of Fidesz’s fast-tracked dual-citizenship law of 2010.
Hungarian Businessman Welsz Death Still A Mystery
- 24 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Businessman Tamás Welsz handed over to police almost all available documentation of his illegal activity before he died in a police car last Thursday, Népszabadság learned from police sources.