Boston, April 13 -- A federal grand jury in Boston has indicted ten Indian nationals for allegedly orchestrating staged armed robberies of convenience stores to allow clerks to fraudulently claim they were victims on immigration applications. The defendants were previously charged in March 2026.
The indictment charges each defendant with conspiracy to commit visa fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. All are also subject to deportation after completing any sentence imposed, as per the statement issued by US Attorney's Office, Massachusetts.
Those named in the indictment include Jitendrakumar Patel, 39; Maheshkumar Patel, 36; Sanjaykumar Patel, 45; Dipikaben...