Russian Man Flies To US Without Passport, Visa Or Ticket, FBI Investigates Bizarre Case
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He had no passport or visa, and officials also couldn't find him on the passenger list for any flights.
In a bizarre incident, a Russian man flew to the US without a passport or a ticket and managed only to get caught when he arrived in Los Angeles, NBC News reported. According to court documents, Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, a Russian-Israeli dual national, departed Copenhagen on a Scandinavian Airlines flight and landed at Los Angeles International Airport on November 4. He had no passport or visa, and officials also couldn't find him on the passenger list for any flights.
"When questioned, Ochigava gave false and misleading information about his travel to the United States, including initially telling CBP that he left his passport on the airplane," an affidavit said.
According to the flight crew, most of them noticed Mr Ochigava on the flight, saying that he wandered around the plane and kept changing his seat. He allegedly asked for two meals during each meal service, and at one point attempted to eat the chocolate that belonged to members of the cabin crew.