India, June 26 -- An Indian national has admitted guilt in a conspiracy involving visa fraud, which included orchestrating armed robberies to enable individuals to falsely assert they were victims of crime and thereby gain U.S. immigration benefits, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.

Mitul Patel, a 40-year-old resident of Worcester, Massachusetts, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to commit visa fraud. Prosecutors indicated that Patel was part of a group of Indian nationals engaged in a scheme aimed at unlawfully obtaining U visas, a type of immigration relief granted to victims of specific crimes who cooperate with law enforcement investigations.

According to court...