For illegal registration of foreigners resident of Voronezh can receive a term of up to five years

In Voronezh, the police detained a 42-year-old citizen who has no official employment and carried out a fictitious registration of foreigners who do not have citizenship of the Russian Federation.

Police officers found out that in September this year, the suspect for material remuneration helped residents of neighboring countries in fictitious registration at the place of registration. In a two-room apartment in one of the houses on Merkulova Street in the regional center, the offender issued a fictitious registration for four foreigners. No housing was provided for their actual residence.

At the police station, the woman pleaded guilty and said that she spent the money on her own needs.

At present, the Department of Inquiry of the Police Department No. 3 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Voronezh has initiated a criminal case against the accused on the grounds of a crime “Fictitious registration of a foreign citizen or stateless person at the place of stay in the Russian Federation” (Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The suspect was selected a preventive measure in the form of a subscription not to leave and proper behavior.

The sanction of this article provides for a maximum penalty of imprisonment for up to 5 years.

The State Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Voronezh region reminded that fictitious registration of foreign citizens is a criminal offense and entails serious responsibility. The police urge citizens to report the facts of illegal migration to the territorial bodies of internal affairs.

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