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Nepal Court Jails Ex-Ministers in Refugee Fraud Case

ID: 17a9e4c1-3c3f-5393-b5b1-eb2237ffa0ba

STIX ID: report--17a9e4c1-3c3f-5393-b5b1-eb2237ffa0ba

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-07-15

Date Updated: 2026-07-16

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A Kathmandu District Court convicted and sentenced former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand, and other officials in a scheme to fraudulently resettle Nepali citizens in the United States as Bhutanese refugees; sentences include multi-year prison terms and fines, and defendants may appeal.

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