Prominent Ex-Nepali Officials Charged in Refugee Fraud Scheme

people, including former government officials and an activist, were charged for selling fake refugee documents.
The accused include former Deputy PM Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand.
defendants have been arrested; police are searching for the others.
The scam targeted Nepalis seeking to resettle as Bhutanese refugees in Western countries like the US.
Over 100,000 ethnic Nepalis fled Bhutan in the 1990s and lived as refugees in Nepal until recently.