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R 281219Z DEC 06
FM AMEMBASSY TALLINN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9382
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TALLINN 001139 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR CA/FPP; DEPT ALSO PASS TO KCC: POSTS FOR FRAUD 
PREVENTION MANAGERS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
SUBJECT:  FRAUD SUMMARY  TALLINN:  FIRST QTR FY2007 
 
REF:  05 STATE 205073 
 
Answers keyed to reftel: 
 
¶A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS:  No change from previous fraud summary. 
 
¶B. NIV FRAUD:  No significant changes from the previous fraud 
summary. 
The name of a Brooklyn, NY, resident who appears to be a visa 
facilitator 
continues to show up occasionally as the U.S. contact for otherwise 
clearly 
214(b) refusal cases.  Post will continue to monitor and investigate 
this 
individual?s activities related to visa applications in Tallinn. 
This person?s 
U.S. contact information is apparently used by at least one Estonian 
travel 
agency that assists Estonians with the visa application process. 
 
Post continues to verify applicant-provided information using 
various online 
resources, included but not limited to Lexis-Nexis, which we are 
finding to 
be a valuable and far-reaching tool to research applicant claims 
regarding 
U.S. residents and businesses. 
 
¶C. IV FRAUD:   Post has recently investigated a K visa petitioner 
after the 
applicant claimed no taxable income for several years and is 
apparently 
unable to show the legitimacy of his claimed business activities in 
the U.S. 
 
¶D. DV FRAUD:   Post does not issue diversity visas.  We have, 
however, 
provided DV information to the Estonian public regarding DV-related 
 
scams, including one in which over $700 was demanded for the 
?winner?s? 
visa processing. 
 
¶E. ACS AND PASSPORT FRAUD:  Post reports no ACS fraud. 
 
¶F. ADOPTION:  No change from previous fraud summary. 
 
¶G. ASYLUM AND OTHER DHS FRAUD:   No change from previous 
fraud summary. 
 
¶H. COOPERATION WITH HOST GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES: 
Since the previous fraud summary, Post has initiated a fully 
automated 
system to daily retrieve lost and stolen passport information from 
the 
Estonian government website on which it is posted.  Initially, data 
was 
retrieved by a stand-alone computer in Tallinn and emailed to the 
Consular 
Section for forwarding to the Support Desk.  Since December 8, the 
process 
has been completely automated in Estonia with the stand-alone PC 
sending 
its reports directly to the Support Desk.  Post is working with 
consular 
sections at a few other posts in an effort to combine retrieval of 
lost and 
stolen passport data so that the 50-passport threshold for batch 
entry can be 
reached every day.  Currently, using only Estonian data, the 
threshold is 
reached one to two times each week. 
 
¶I. AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN:  Post has met with border 
guards at air, land, and sea crossings to discuss issues faced at 
those points 
of entry into Estonia and to offer Post?s assistance in verifying 
the validity 
of questionable U.S. travel documents.  We are seeking to enlarge 
data 
sharing with GOE officials beyond the lost and stolen passport 
data. 
 
¶J. STAFFING AND TRAINING: The consular section consists of two 
officers, one consular associate and two FSNs. The FSNs and consular 
 
associate assist with fraud prevention work as required.  Both 
officers have 
completed PC541 Fraud Prevention for Consular Managers.   The Visa 
Assistant has recently completed PC-542 FSN Fraud Prevention. 
 
TALLINN 00001139  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
GOLSTEIN