NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:
DHS vows toSWIFTlyremove this fraudster fromour countryafter he completes his sentence
WASHINGTON -The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after an illegal alien was sentenced to11 years in prisonfor his involvement in a Ponzi scheme thatdefrauded his victims of more than $30million.
TheU.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announcedthaton September 15, U.S. District Judge Zachary M. Bluestonesentenced Siddharth Jawahar, an illegal alienfrom India,to 11 years in prison after he hadpleaded guilty in January to THREE counts of wire fraud.He was also ordered to pay $31.35...