In Kurgan, a foreigner illegally worked as a train driver under the guise of an excursion

In Kurgan, the court imposed a fine on the general director of a contracting organization that provided services to one of the local railway enterprises for illegally employing a foreign citizen. The manager himself tried to convince law enforcement officers that the man had been at the enterprise for 22 days only on a "study tour." This was reported on August 20 in the Department of Transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Ural Federal District.

It was established that a 68-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan worked at the enterprise for almost a month as a locomotive driver, without having the necessary patent. The situation became known to law enforcement officers after the foreigner himself contacted the police with a complaint about non-payment of wages for 22 days of work.

"In his defense, the man stated that the foreign citizen allegedly did not work at his company, but simply took a "study tour" for 22 days, which means he did not have to pay him anything," the agency's website says.

By a court decision, the company's director was fined 250,000 rubles.

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