Crime

NEW DELHI-Indian officials say the FBI-led 'Operation Hard Ball,' conducted with support from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), marks a significant step in tackling the gangster-terror nexus that India has long warned poses a threat to both national and

Photo: Wikipedia India-West News Desk ARTESIA, CA – The Artesia City Council has expanded the city’s Security Rebate Program to allow eligible business owners, along with residents, to receive reimbursements for qualifying security systems. Artesia is home to Southern California's 'Little India.' Under the expanded

MIAMI, FL - US Customs and Border Protection officers in Miami have seized more than $1.5 million worth of cocaine hidden inside speakers and amplifiers in an air cargo shipment bound for Delhi, authorities said. The shipment contained over 49 pounds

WASHINGTON, DC-Indian authorities cooperated with the United States and other international law enforcement agencies in a multinational investigation that led to sweeping racketeering charges against three organized crime groups, a senior Canadian police official has said. The acknowledgement came after US

India-West News Desk BELMONT, CA – In the case that drew national headlines, attempted murder charges against Pasadena radiologist Dharmesh Patel have been dismissed after he completed a court-approved mental health diversion program, ending the criminal case over a 2023 crash

Photo: Bakersfield PD India-West News Desk BAKERSFIELD, CA – A Kern County court has sentenced the last defendant in the 2018 killing of a newborn whose body was later found buried in the backyard of a southwest Bakersfield home. Bakhshinderpal Singh Mann was sentenced

Photo: Screengrab Fox11.com India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA - A motel manager has been arrested as part of a federal crackdown on an alleged sex trafficking network operating along Los Angeles' Figueroa Corridor, where authorities say members of the Hoover Criminal Gang exploited

WASHINGTON, DC-The United States plans to seek the extradition of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi from India to face federal racketeering charges, with investigators saying the move is aimed at preventing him from continuing to run a global criminal network from behind

LOS ANGELES, CA – U.S. prosecutors have accused jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi of orchestrating a campaign of violence, intimidation and extortion targeting Indian American and Indian Canadian communities while directing a global criminal enterprise from prison in India. The allegations

LOS ANGELES, CA- U.S. prosecutors have charged a Punjab police officer in a sweeping racketeering case, alleging he worked with an organized crime syndicate to falsely implicate victims in a murder case and extort money by threatening criminal prosecution. The allegations

India-West News Desk BELLEVUE, WA - A software engineer has been charged with first-degree murder nearly nine months after his wife was found dead inside the couple's apartment here. The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged 30-year-old Avinash Narne on July 1 in the

India-West News Desk SEATTLE, WA – An Indian hairstylist working aboard the Virgin Voyages cruise ship ‘Brilliant Lady’has been charged with sexually assaulting two female passengers during a recent Alaska cruise. Federal prosecutors identified the accused as 26-year-old Pranit Narayan Pawar, who was arrested after the ship docked

Photo: Cook County Sheriffs Office India-West News Desk CHICAGO, IL - A 34-year-old truck driver remains in custody after prosecutors said he was using his phone when he struck and killed a man changing a flat tire on Interstate 80 last month. Kuljeet Kang

India-West News Desk BOSTON, MA – An Indian national living unlawfully in Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to taking part in a visa fraud scheme in which fake armed robberies were staged so participants could falsely claim to be crime victims and seek

India-West News Desk FLORIDA- A US immigration attorney is facing proposed federal penalties of more than $255,000 after authorities accused him of filing fraudulent asylum-related documents on behalf of Indian nationals. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Homeland Security

Picture Credit- Wikimedia India-West News Desk BALTIMORE-Karthikeyan Deenadayalan, an Indian national who served as chief engineer aboard the cargo ship Dali, has admitted he failed to report a safety issue on the vessel before it crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge,

India-West News Desk ALTON, TX - A 19-year-old Indian-origin student has been charged with capital murder after authorities accused him of fatally shooting his parents and grandmother at their South Texas home and attempting to kill his older brother. Gaurav Chopra, of Alton

India-West News Desk HOUSTON, TX — Suspended Fort Bend County Judge K.P. George has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years of probation after being convicted on two felony money laundering charges tied to the misuse of campaign

India-West News Desk GRAND RAPIDS, MI-Yug B. Chauhan, a 20-year-old from Illinois, is being held at the Kent County jail in Michigan. He faces two felony charges and is subject to an ICE hold following his arrest in May. Authorities took

Picture Credit - X -ERO San Francisco India-West News Desk SAN FRANCISCO -U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials recently took a 40-year-old Indian national into custody in Fairfield, California. According to the agency, the man, identified as Sandeep Singh, is wanted

India-West News Desk NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Federal agents in California have taken Mahender Makhijani, a 44-year-old businessman and lawful permanent resident from India, into custody over allegations that he masterminded a $100 million bank fraud scheme. Arrested on June 10

WASHINGTON, D.C. -The U.S. Department of Justice has launched denaturalization proceedings against 17 naturalized U.S. citizens, including Indian-origin businessman Neeraj Sharma. Federal authorities allege the individuals concealed criminal conduct or provided false information during the naturalization process. Sharma, 50, former chief

HYDERABAD - A 28-year-old man from Telangana was shot dead in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while delivering pizza after receiving what his family believes was a fake order. Anshul Kuncha, a native of Gundlapochampally in Telangana's Medchal Malkajgiri district, was killed on the

Picture Credit- Alachua County Sheriff's Office India-West News Desk GAINESVILLE, FL – Authorities have arrested a 20-year-old Indian national in connection with an alleged fraud scheme that targeted an elderly Gainesville resident. The arrest followed a coordinated sting operation by federal and

Picture Credit - DHS India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has added Indian national Lubana Singh to its public “Worst of the Worst” registry, which identifies foreign nationals arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across

India-West News Desk CHICAGO, IL - A 22-year-old Chicago resident was arrested during a law enforcement sting operation after authorities linked him to an alleged scam that cost an Illinois resident $40,000. Parth C. Patel was taken into custody by the Lee County

India-West News Desk OMAHA, NE - Kavankumar Patel, a 27-year-old Indian national living in the US illegally, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on two counts of sex trafficking of a minor, federal prosecutors announced. Upon completing his prison term, Patel

India-West News Desk SPRINGFIELD, MO- Tushar R. Patel, a 40-year-old Indian national living in Georgia, has pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to an illegal gambling and money laundering operation in southwest Missouri. Patel pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy

India-West News Desk CHICAGO, IL -An Indian citizen living in Illinois has been sentenced to 15½ years in federal prison without parole for his role in an elder fraud conspiracy that caused millions of dollars in losses to older Americans. Syed M.

India-West News Desk NORFOLK, VA - The community here and a family in Gujarat, are mourning the tragic loss of Meghna Patel, 47, who was fatally shot on the morning of May 23. Known affectionately to her community and family as

India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested a 26-year-old Indian citizen in Los Angeles who now faces possible deportation proceedings, according to the agency. ICE said Parminderpal Singh remains in immigration custody pending removal from

India-West News Desk PROVIDENCE, RI - A federal investigation into India-based tech-support fraud operations has resulted in convictions of multiple fraud operators and guilty pleas from two former U.S. telecom executives accused of routing scam calls targeting Americans. The investigation, launched in

x.com/paul_parmar India-West News Desk COLTS NECK, NJ -Parmjit Parmar, a 55-year-old former CEO, has been sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a $212.5 million investment fraud scheme, according to US court records. Parmar, who was also known as Paul Parmer,

India-West News Desk MINNEAPOLIS, MN- Harshkumar Patel, an Indian national convicted in a human smuggling operation linked to the deaths of an Indian family near the Manitoba-Minnesota border in 2022, has asked a U.S. appeals court to overturn his convictions and

India-West News Desk SACRAMENTO, CA- Jashanpreet Singh, founder of the Stockton-based Punjabi Devils motorcycle club, was sentenced on May 11 to five years and four months in prison for unlawful firearms dealing and possession of a machine gun, federal prosecutors announced. Singh, 27,

NEW YORK, NY- The United States has imposed visa restrictions on 13 individuals linked to an Indian business previously sanctioned for allegedly trafficking fentanyl and other illicit drugs, as Washington continues efforts with India and other countries to curb the

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Department of Justice has filed denaturalization actions against 12 individuals accused of obtaining U.S. citizenship by concealing serious crimes, war crimes, fraud, and links to terrorist organizations including Al-Qaeda and al-Shabaab. Among those

WASHINGTON, DC- A federal judge in Virginia has dismissed without prejudice an Espionage Act case against strategic affairs scholar Ashley J. Tellis, ruling in favor of a defense argument that prosecutors used the wrong statutory provision to charge him with

Photo: NDTV screengrab India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY - Attorneys Isabelle A. Kirshner and Brian David Linder of the prominent New York firm Clayman, Rosenberg, Kirshner & Linder LLP have been retained by Nikhil Gupta to lead his defense as he

OTTAWA- The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canada’s national intelligence agency, has identified Khalistani elements as a “violent extremist threat” in its latest public report, according to a media report. A small but determined group of Canada-based Khalistani extremists (CBKEs) continue

Photo: NY Post/Sage Mount India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY- Finance professional Chirayu Rana has been identified in media reports as the individual who filed a lawsuit as “John Doe,” accusing a senior female JPMorgan Chase executive of sexual abuse, racial harassment

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon were among those inside the venue when gunshots rang out during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, triggering panic and a rapid security

Photo: Meera-Varma.com (RIght), Photo: Burbank USD (Right) India-West News Desk BURBANK, CA- Mental health advocate Meera Varma, who has worked on White House initiatives, is recovering after a stabbing attack at her Burbank home that killed her mother, Arti authorities said. A 30-year-old

India-West News Desk SAN JOSE, CA - Former iLearningEngines Inc. chief executive Puthugramam “Harish” Chidambaran and former chief financial officer Sayyed Farhan Ali Naqvi have been charged in connection with an alleged years-long scheme to mislead investors and lenders through fabricated revenue, sham customer

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC — Five years after a mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis left eight workers dead, including four members of the Sikh community, U.S. lawmakers are introducing a resolution honoring the victims while renewing

India-West News Desk AUSTIN, TX -A Texas tax return preparer has pleaded guilty in federal court to filing false tax returns as part of a sophisticated fraud scheme that resulted in millions of dollars in losses to the U.S. government. Subhala Suresh

India-West News Desk SANTA ANA, CA - Akash Singhania says his life was “turned upside down” after being falsely accused during a livestream by content creator Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, an incident that has since drawn scrutiny over online vigilante tactics. The accusation occurred during

Photo: Brevard County Sheriff's Office India-West News Desk TITUSVILLE, FL – Kris Kumar, a former manager at a Burger King outlet, has been arrested on burglary and grand theft charges after authorities said he stole about $3,500 from the restaurant safe following his

Photo: Instagram India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA - Jasveen Sangha, the North Hollywood woman known as the “Ketamine Queen,” was sentenced on April 8 to 15 years in federal prison for running a high-volume drug trafficking operation that led to the overdose

India-West News Desk KENTWOOD, LA -A New Jersey man has been arrested in an interstate gold scam targeting elderly victims, following a coordinated investigation by law enforcement agencies in Louisiana and Texas. Nigam Bhatt, 25, of Parsippany, New Jersey, an Indian national