Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 07NAIROBI2307, FPU NAIROBI: FRAUD, FRAUD, EVERYWHERE

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #07NAIROBI2307.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07NAIROBI2307 2007-06-04 12:12 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Nairobi
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHNR #2307/01 1551212
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 041212Z JUN 07
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0081
INFO RUEHPNH/NVC PORTSMOUTH 0281
RUEHAE/AMEMBASSY ASMARA 4948
RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA 9342
RUEHLGB/AMEMBASSY KIGALI 4822
RUEHKI/AMEMBASSY KINSHASA 1869
UNCLAS NAIROBI 002307 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR CA/EX - PAUL CANTRELL 
DEPT FOR CA/FPP PASS TO MELISSA LEDESMA-LEESE 
PASS TO KCC 
PASS TO INL/HSTC 
POSTS FOR FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGERS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
SUBJECT: FPU NAIROBI: FRAUD, FRAUD, EVERYWHERE 
 
1.  Summary: Nairobi's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) sees a wide 
variety of NIV, IV, and ACS fraud on a daily basis.  May 15, 2007 
proved to be an excellent example of the depth and breadth of fraud 
encountered over and beyond the normal workload, and is illustrative 
of a day in the life of our FPU section's lone investigation 
assistant.  As such, Post believes that our current FPU staff of one 
full-time FSN is insufficient.  Post requests that Washington fund a 
second full-time FSN grade 7 position to give us the resources to 
better pursue fraud. 
 
NIV - SPONSORSHIP FRAUD AND FAKE IDENTITIES 
------------------------------------------- 
 
2.  In the first NIV case of the day, a prospective student returned 
with his sponsor at the request of the adjudicating officer, who 
felt in the first interview that his sponsorship somehow seemed 
"funny."  The student presented his sponsor who confirmed (per the 
applicant's assertions) that he was a clearing and forwarding agent. 
 FPU's investigation assistant first determined that the sponsor's 
national identification card was a forgery.  After several focused 
questions, he also determined that the sponsor knew nothing about 
his purported business, and was not the owner of the bank statements 
provided.  Post decided against arresting the mystery sponsor due to 
the workload inherent in taking the individual to the police 
station, swearing statements, and subsequent court cases. 
 
3.  Later that morning, adjudicating officers encountered a number 
of fraudulent bank statements that were high quality scans printed 
on perforated bank paper to make them appear as if they were genuine 
statements.  These bank statements, which appear to be from the same 
source, were examined and the fraud detection points were reviewed 
in real time with the adjudicators resulting in rapid refusals of 
several applicants. 
 
4.  Subsequently, a student applicant produced a suspected 
fraudulent high school certificate which was confirmed by the 
investigations assistant as the applicant waited at the window. 
Since this was a new style of fraudulent document, the 
investigations assistant then shared his catch with other 
adjudicators, updating them on the new trend. 
 
IV - HOW MANY PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS CAN A CASE HAVE? 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
 
5.  Before NIV adjudications began, one of our IV clerks met briefly 
with the FPU manager and investigations assistant to discuss fraud 
in a Diversity Visa (DV) case she had encountered.  The IV clerk had 
fielded an odd request from a DV principal applicant, which led her 
to scrutinize a case.  Working with the FPU investigations 
assistant, she pulled the case file and found that three persons 
were claiming to be the principal applicant in a DV case, and each 
claimed-principal applicant was attempting to add-on a different 
spouse, all of them coming from the same particularly fraud-prone 
applicant pool.  All principals claim to have the same name and date 
of birth, but have supplied different pictures, suggesting that they 
are capable of gaining birth certificates and passports in the 
identity of their choosing. 
 
6.  Later in the day, a DV applicant attempted to include a "pop-up" 
spouse to her case file.  They chose to prove the relationship with 
pictures that were photo-subbed.  Earlier in the day, the 
investigations assistant met with an informant regarding a DV fraud 
ring, providing detailed information to include phone numbers, 
address, and location of the ringleader's office.  She described how 
the fraud ring changes the applicants' addresses so they control all 
information that KCC sends the applicants regarding their applicant 
and interview.  She went on to describe how the ring pays villagers 
to pose in "relationship" photographs in an attempt to build a 
fictitious history between the principal applicant and the person 
that the ring chooses as their spouse. 
 
7.  In the afternoon, the investigations assistant carried-out a 
time-consuming and detailed Stokes interview to build evidence 
against a DV applicant and their added spouse.  The "ghost marriage" 
fraud rings (as detailed in 06-04 Fraud Digest of July 2006) are now 
perpetuating more complicated fraud, to include, photo albums, 
shared bank accounts, and even pregnancies. 
 
ACS - REAL CHILD, FAKE DOCUMENTS 
-------------------------------- 
 
8.  Around midday, an ACS clerk encountered a Sudanese Amcit and his 
wife who were attempting to obtain a CRBA and passport for their 
newborn.  Suspicions were raised, and the ACS clerk consulted FPU's 
investigation assistant who confirmed that the parents' marriage 
certificate and child's birth certificate were forgeries.  Thanks to 
the investigation assistant's quick work, the ACS section was able 
to turn away the parents and request that they seek original 
documents to support their child's application.  Post will likely 
request DNA testing to confirm the maternal and paternal 
relationship to the applicant. 
 
ACTION REQUEST - NAIROBI NEEDS MORE FPU STAFF 
--------------------------------------------- 
 
9.  Action Request: Given the volume and variety of fraud that FPU 
encounters on a daily basis, Nairobi requests that Washington fund 
(potentially through DV-related funds) an additional FPU grade 7 
investigation assistant position at a cost of approximately $30,000, 
plus additional office-related costs of $9,000.  Post has seen an 
increase in case volume and complexity in IV, NIV, and ACS; and with 
those increases a correlated increase in fraud trends.  At this 
point, Post's previous stopgap of using FSNs from NIV to offer 
part-time assistance to the lone FPU investigations assistant is no 
longer tenable given the increases in NIV volumes year-over-year. 
Nairobi also urgently needs more FSN staffing for IV and ACS. 
However; given the escalating fraud environment, Post requests that 
Washington give priority to funding an additional FPU FSN position. 
 
RANNEBERGER