'Westarctica': Man who ran fake embassy in Gzb bungalow held
Ghaziabad/lucknow, July 24 -- For almost a decade, you could head to a two-storey bungalow in Ghaziabad's Kavi Nagar, where 47-year-old Harsha Vardhan Jain was allegedly (fraudulently) acting as the envoy for the micronations of Westarctica, Seborga and Lodonia, and the fictitious country of Paulovia - the first three insignificant and controversial specs on the world map, and the fourth a "virtual micronation".
But the conman's considerable luck ran out late on Tuesday after the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP-STF) arrested him from his rented accommodation in Ghaziabad. Police said that under the cover of a consulate, he allegedly undertook illegal activities, such as facilitating hawala transactions and helping domestic clients set ...
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