The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Human Trafficking Circle has arrested three people for attempting to obtain US visas using fake documents, following a complaint from the US Consulate’s Diplomatic Security Unit.

The suspects, identified as Muhammad Maqsood, Abdullah Swabi, and Sufyan Khalid from Faisalabad, had reportedly purchased the forged documents from agents for $6,000 to $7,000.

They had already paid $1,500 to $2,000 in advance to the agents—Faraz Khetran, Muhammad Umar, and Hammad Shirazi—operating from Lahore, Peshawar, and Sargodha.

One of the arrested individuals had also applied for visas for his wife and two children.

The FIA has filed cases against eight people, including the agents, and further investigations are ongoing.