Penza, 26 December 2014. PenzaNews. The Penza police have opened a criminal case on fake registration of foreign citizens.

“Police raids have uncovered the case of illegal registration of foreign citizens by a female resident of the Zheleznodorozhny area of the city. She registered nine migrants in her flat who did not reside in the household,” the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs told PenzaNews agency.

According to the police, the woman has confessed to the crime.

“She said a neighbor asked her to register the foreigners in her flat. He brought her the copies of their legal documents which she brought to the regional Federal Migration Service department, and got a reward from the man in question,” said the department.

According to the press service, the investigators currently have three similar cases in the Penza region.

“They have registered 15 migrants in their houses. The police have located and questioned the foreigners as witnesses. We have initiated the registration reversal process,” they explained.