{
  "id": 2961835,
  "title": "Indian Visa Management Firm BLS Under Scanner For Alleged Irregularities In Schengen Visa Fraud Probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/indian-visa-management-firm-bls-under-scanner-for-alleged",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T05:54:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/indian-visa-management-firm-bls-under-scanner-for-alleged-irregularities-in-schengen-visa-fraud-probe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Spain’s National Court has expanded an investigation into an alleged visa fraud operation at the Spanish Consulate in Algiers, bringing BLS, an Indian company responsible for visa appointment scheduling and document processing, under scrutiny. The probe began following the arrests of Vicente Moreno, the consulate’s chancellor and second-in-command, and local employee Mohamed Boutouchent in Spain…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}