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Nepal court jails 2 former ministers, 14 others over refugee scam

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  1. Nepal court jailed two former ministers over forgery in refugee scam.

  2. Fourteen others also jailed for forging documents.

  3. Forged documents enabled Nepali nationals to resettle in the U.S. as Bhutanese refugees.

  4. The court found them guilty of fraud related to refugee resettlement.

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