Fake ambassador arrested in India for running embassy of imaginary micronations

Wait 5 sec.

Police in India have arrested a man who allegedly ran a fake embassy from a luxury bungalow near New Delhi for seven years, using it to front job scams and a money-laundering operation under the guise of representing fictional countries like “Westartica” and “Saborga”.The suspect, 47-year-old Harshvardhan Jain, had styled himself the “Baron of Westartica” and projected the image of a globe-trotting diplomat, complete with diplomatic vehicles, forged documents and Photoshopped images of him...