India, April 11 -- A federal grand jury in Boston has indicted ten Indian nationals for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to stage armed robberies at convenience stores.

The scheme was reportedly designed to enable store clerks to falsely claim victimhood in order to support immigration applications, officials said on Friday.

According to a statement from the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, the defendants had earlier been charged via criminal complaint in March 2026 and released under certain conditions. Two individuals, Rameshbhai Patel and Ronakkumar Patel, have since been taken into immigration custody. All defendants could face deportation following the completion of any sentence imposed. ...