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Residents misinformed through forged government letters

This content was published on Apr 14, 2015 A number of citizens of the town received letters ostensibly sent by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) and signed by Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga. The letters looked genuine, with correct telephone numbers and addresses and a format mimicking the one used by the government. But a spokesman for the justice department, Philipp Schwander, stated…