A man has been arrested in Russia for erecting fake border posts to trick four migrant workers into thinking they had entered Finland, BBC News reports.
After reaching the posts, the man left the group to wander alone in what they believed was the EU country - but was actually a swampy forest in Vyborg.
After a while the four South Asian men were stopped by real border guards, who told them they were still in Russia.
The "smuggler" had reportedly made them pay over €10,000 ($11,000) each.
All five men were reportedly detained on 28 November.
On Wednesday, a court in St Petersburg fined the would-be migrants for immi...
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