Registrar in Slupčane charged over forged marriage extracts for foreign nationals
Kumanovo police say a 66-year-old registrar prepared fake marriage extracts for foreign nationals during 2021–2024.
The Kumanovo Police Department filed a criminal complaint against a 66-year-old resident of the village of Slupčane, Lipkovo municipality, on suspicion of forging official documents.
According to the police, the man worked as a registrar at the Civil Registry Office in the local community of Slupčane and, between 2021 and 2024, allegedly entered false information and prepared forged extracts for foreign nationals.
Officials say forged certificates showed marriages that did not occur
Police reports state that the documents presented the foreign nationals as having concluded marriages before the registrar, while the underlying data were not true.
The case has been submitted to the prosecutor with a charge for the criminal offence of "falsification of an official document".
No further personal details were released by the police. The incident was handled by the Kumanovo police department and concerns records produced in the local registry office in Slupčane, Lipkovo municipality.
Photo: press material from the event
