New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday (local time) said Manjit Singh Bedi, an Indian national arrested in Punjab in September, had been brought back to the United States to face charges of allegedly defrauding the US government of at least $600,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

In a post on X, Patel described Bedi as one of the FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters and said his return marked another success for the programme, launched three months ago.

"Back in the US - Manjit Singh Bedi, one of the FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters, arrested in September in India," Patel wrote.

He said Bedi was among six individuals on the list who had been captured since the programme's launch. According to Patel...