Conmen found selling passes to Russian parliament

Moscow, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two fraudsters were Wednesday caught selling entry passes to the Russian parliament at 150,000 rubles ($4,765) each, police said.

The two conmen were caught selling seats in an expert council committee on construction and land affairs in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, police spokesperson Filipp Zolotnitsky said.

The fraudsters, who ‘introduced themselves as agents of one of the (State Duma) deputies, recommended a businessman to buy a seat in the expert council, as well as an identity card belonging to a deputy aide’, Zolotnitsky said.

The two conmen had no official connections with the State Duma, he said.