Police Investigating Fraudulent Passports and Birth Certificate  

Authorities are delving into a scandal at the Vital Statistics Unit involving the issuance of fraudulent passports and birth certificates. Earlier this year, an investigation uncovered that employees at the unit were selling fake legal documents, including social security cards, birth certificates, and passports, leading to their dismissal. Now, numerous illicit documents have surfaced, prompting further scrutiny. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has provided an update on the ongoing investigation, as the authorities work to unravel the extent of this fraudulent operation and bring those responsible to justice.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner Of Police

“I know that we are looking at an issue where a person had presented a birth certificate which  from our indications was not authentic. I just spoke to mister Romero this morning in respect to that matter and had given him some instructions in terms of  what I would like to see done with that issue. The major crime unit will be checking with the Ministry of Immigration to see if we can get the documentations for those two persons who we were told had received passports based on these fraud and birth certificates. And once we get the report from Immigration we will launch an investigation into that matter. We’ll also check the vital stats from what we will need to understand is that.  The birth certificates were issued by VitalStats, but perhaps somebody who works there, but has some separate operations outside of the office. I know that they have discharged a number of persons from the VitalStats statistical office. And so we’ll see what information we can get from them, and then we will launch an investigation people with the two people.”

 

Reporter

“Are they in the country or outside?”

 

Chester Williams

“I’m not sure.”

 

Reporter

“If they are outside. And somewhere that’s not, that you can’t, they can’t be extradited, what happens then?”

Chester Williams

“We will have to look at it and see at the very least though if the passports were fatally  obtained immigration is going to cancel them, revoke them.  And once they are revoked, then we will put up a notice on Interpol database informing the world that these passports has been revoked.”