$36 million scam, 162 foreign trips: Here's what investigation into fake embassy case reveals

Meet Harshvardhan Jain — a master fraudster who pretended to be an ambassador of FOUR fictional countries:

🇸🇲 Seborga

❄️ Westarctica

🪖 Ladonia

🏰 Poulvia

Here’s how he fooled India for 7 straight years:

Declared a luxury mansion in Gurgaon as an “embassy”

Issued fake diplomatic IDs, visas, and flags

Promised investors citizenship, diplomatic titles, real estate, and visas

Flaunted status with high-profile social media posts & political photo-ops

Took 162 international trips—all while pretending to represent imaginary states!

The damage? ₹3 billion (~$36 million) siphoned through shell firms & hawala channels.

Victims? High-rolling entrepreneurs and politicians chasing “elite” international status.

Micronations like Seborga & Westarctica have now disowned him, calling his act forgery and fraud.

The lesson?

Not all that glitters is diplomatic gold.

Verify before you glorify.

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