On March 13, 2023, border guards detained one person - a Kyrgyzstan citizen, for using forged documents.
At the Silene Border Control Point, the border guards carried out check on a car leaving Latvia. During the check on documents a driver of the vehicle – a Kyrgyzstan citizen (born in 1991) presented a forged Kyrgyzstan driver's license to the border guards.
According to the first part of Section 275 of the Criminal Law criminal proceedings were initiated for the use of forged documents. After carrying out all the necessary criminal procedural actions, the criminal process was sent to the South Latgale Prosecutor's Office for the initiation of criminal prosecution. By order of the South Latgale prosecutors a fine in the amount of 1,860 euros was imposed on the offender for committing a criminal offense.
Criminal Law provides that for a person who commits forgery of a document conferring rights or a release from obligations, of a seal or a stamp, as well as commits using or selling a forged document, seal or stamp, the applicable punishment is the deprivation of liberty for a period of up to one year or temporary deprivation of liberty, or fine; however for the commission of the same acts if they have been committed for the purpose of acquiring property or if they have been committed by a group of persons according to a prior agreement, or if they have caused substantial harm to public authority, management order or the interests of a person protected by law, there is a threat of imprisonment of up to three years.