New Jersey’s biggest city, Newark, signed a “Sister City” agreement with a self-proclaimed Hindu nation “off the coast of Latin America” called the United States of Kailasa - only to then learn that the country doesn’t actually exist.
The name couldn’t possibly ring a bell to anyone for that reason, and no one in Newark's government thought it was at least slightly odd enough there would be a Hindu nation in Latin America to type its name into a search engine to read up on it…. or check that it is even real.
According to CBS:
Earlier this year, Mayor Ras Baraka invited what he thought was the Hindu nation of Kailasa to Newark's City Hall for a cultural trade agreement, but it turns out Kailasa is no nation at all; it's a fake.
The city only found out about the fraud after it held an official ceremony for it.
Though it has a detailed website, "Kailasa" has no real government. It's the brainchild of Swami Nithyananda, a notorious scam artist and fugitive from India who has been on the run from rape charges since 2019.
In addition to duping Newark, the non-existent nation has also successfully snuck into two UN meetings this year.
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