As I posted before...I was not fully in the know of all things said and was only called to have my wife help with the Russian translation.
Both of us wanted to help in some way, so I called today to have my wife to speak with Olga one last time before she leaves. My wife is a Muscovite, she wanted to instruct Olga on what to do when she arrives in Moscow and how to take public transport from the airport to the metro..and metro to the train station. There are many wolves hanging out at the airport, charging $50-$100 for a cab ride into the city. I found out the hard way my first visit to Moscow, a taxi offerd me a ride into city center for $60 USD, my wife had one waiting for $8 USD!
I was put in touch with someone involved closer to this story.
Now this is where the plot thickens:
Apparently this S.O.B had used some else's identity to submit his petition and subsequnt k-1 paperwork. The police are under the assumption that he is a drug dealer, since he is unemployed and had the money to visit Olga in Sebastopol and then again with her to the Warsaw embassy for her interview. He had done this before, brought a fiance on a k-1 visa (was not married) but had gotten the girl pregnant and then dumped her. They do not know what happened to her, hopefully she also is back home safe.
Since this shmuck would not take financial responsibility to send Olga back home, the city police used money from some special fund to send her back.
The police cannot go after this guy through the district attorney, they cannot refer him to INS for prosection due to a backlog of other cases....but they "can" go after him in civil court. The police will sue him to re-pay the money they used to send Olga back, and now that they are suspicious of him...who knows what more dirt they will dig-up. I think this guy will think twice before attempting a scam like ths again.
My phone has been ringing off the hook...my wife's FSU support group is in full alert status..spreading the word...WW3 has begun! (smile)
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