Crime

India-West News Desk PASADENA, CA – Dharmesh Patel Indian American who was accused of deliberately driving his Tesla off a California cliff with his wife and children inside on January 2, has been formally charged with three counts of murder. Dharmesh A

CHENNAI, (IANS) - South Indian Superstar Rajinikanth has issued a public notice on the infringement of rights and warned of legal action against those who commercially exploit the actor's name, image, voice, etc., without taking his consent. His advocate issued a

CHARLOTTE, NC (IANS) - A recent string of attacks by vandals on a Sikh temple has left the community worried with leaders asking for a thorough investigation into the incidents. In various incidents over the last two months, the windows, lights,

FORT WASHINGTON, PA (IANS) – Three brothers running the Savani Group have been charged with operating their dental business as a criminal enterprise for more than 10 years. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says the health care

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) - Investigations are on to explore whether a Tesla car crash earlier this month, involving an Indian American and his family, occurred due to mechanical issues in the car, the San Mateo County district attorney said. Police had initially

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - Police in the US state of Georgia is investigating the fatal shooting of a 52-year-old Indian American man in the driveway of his home last January 20. The victim, Pinal Patel, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

CHICAGO, IL (IANS) – A student from Andhra Pradesh was killed and another from Telangana was injured when muggers opened fire on them on January 22 at Princeton Park, here. Nandapu Devansh, 23 from Vijayawada was killed while Koppala Sai Charan

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A 34-year-old Indian has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for operating a pharmacy that sold unapproved prescription drugs and controlled substances, including opioids, and shipped them from Asia into the US. The federal court

PHILADELPHIA, PA (IANS) - An Indian American man was killed during a robbery on January 17 at a gas station here where he was working on the night shift. Police have announced a $20,000 reward for the capture of three

BRAZOS VALLEY, TX (IANS) - Burglars broke into the Shri Omkarnath Temple temple here on January 11 and stole its donation box. The Brazos County Sheriff's Office said they are investigating the theft. "There was a break-in. They (burglars) broke in

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - The Independent Internal Committee probing the Air India peeing incident concluded that Shankar Mishra is covered under the definition of "unruly passenger" and is banned from flying for a period of four months. An Air India spokesperson

India-West News Desk CARY, NC - Kumar Arun Neppalli, has been indicted in a 23-count wire fraud, money laundering, and investment fraud. He faces up to twenty years in prison per count and potential fines. Neppalli,56, relied on his good standing within

TORONTO, (IANS) - The wife of a 51-year-old Sikh man, who was shot dead when intruders broke into his Mill Woods house in Canada on New Year, has said that she needs swift justice for her husband. Barinder Singh, who hails

SHREVEPORT, LA (IANS) - A 35-year-old man has been found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the slaying of five-year-old Mya Patel in 2021. Mya was playing in her hotel room here, in March 2021 when a stray bullet discharged from

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - Nikhil Wahi, accused of receiving insider trading information from his brother Ishan Wahi, a former project manager at crypto exchange Coinbase, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison. The US authorities in July last year charged

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - A Delhi court on January 11 denied bail to Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger, while in a drunken state, on a New York-New Delhi flight in November last year. Metropolitan

Photo: ABC News HOUSTON, TX - More than 200 people showed up to Hughes Elementary in McKinney, near here, on the evening of January 9 in remembrance of the 9-year-old  Indian American student who was killed in his home, by his

India-West News Desk ATLANTA, GA - An Indian American doctor, Aarti D Pandya and her Pandya Practice Group based in Conyers, near here, has agreed to pay nearly $1,850,000 to resolve allegations that she billed the government for cataract surgeries and

Shankar Mishra after fleeing his home in Mumbai was arrested in Bengaluru. He has been fired by his employer, Wells Fargo. India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY – Indian American Dr Sugata Bhattacharjee, was seated next to Shankar Mishra, who urinated on

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - An Indian American has admitted conspiring to offer and pay bribes and kickbacks in exchange for having prescriptions steered to a pharmacy in New Jersey where he worked. Srinivasa Raju, 51, of Haskell, NJ, pleaded guilty

HOUSTON, TX (IANS) - An Indian American man faces capital murder charges for allegedly stabbing his nine-year-old son to death, police said. Subramanian Ponnazhakan, 39, of McKinney, is in police custody at a hospital for "self-inflicted wounds" and his bail has

NEW YORK, NY (IANS)- Neighbors of the Indian American, who 'intentionally' drove a sedan off California cliff with his wife and children inside, have expressed their shock at the unfortunate incident, calling it a "likely moment of insanity". Dharmesh Arvind Patel,

India-West News Desk PASADENA, CA - Indian American Dharmesh Arvind Patel, 41, of Pasadena has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse after he intentionally drove his Tesla sedan, with his wife Neha, and two children inside, off a 250-foot

TORONTO, (IANS) - Canadian police agency has issued a public safety warning identifying two men of Indian origin who pose a significant threat to the community due to their ongoing involvement in gang conflicts and connection to extreme levels of

PALO ALTO, CA (IANS) - An Indian American former IT professional has been convicted of four counts of securities fraud for using a publicly traded company's confidential inside information about its financial performance to trade in the company's securities. Sivannarayana Barama,

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A Purdue University student, who was charged with murder after he stabbed his Indian American roommate to death in October, has been found unfit to stand trial, judges ruled. Ji Min Sha, a 22-year-old cybersecurity major

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - An Indian American woman has been charged with first-degree murder for tossing her newborn baby into a Florida inlet four years ago. Arya Singh, 29, who was arrested on December 15 confessed to the crime saying,

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - Five Indian men and a woman have been charged in connection with a transnational technical support scam that targeted more than 20,000 victims, many of them elderly, in the US and Canada. Gagan Lamba, 41, and

TORONTO, (IANS) - A 40-year-old Canadian Sikh has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally stabbing his wife at their home in British Columbia province, police said. Navinder Gill of Surrey was taken into custody by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team

SAN DIEGO, CA (IANS) - An Indian American neurosurgeon has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for accepting approximately $3.3 million in bribes for performing spinal surgeries. Lokesh S. Tantuwaya, 55, of San Diego, performed surgeries at a now-defunct

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - An Indian American couple has agreed to pay $422,789 to resolve allegations that they received illegal kickbacks in return for referring patients for laboratory testing. Dr Vijesh Patel and his office manager and wife Laju Patel

ATLANTA, GA (IANS) - An Indian American lab owner has been convicted for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $463 million in genetic and other laboratory tests that patients did not need. Patel is scheduled to

India-West Staff Reporter WASHINGTON, DC - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has just released its annual report on hate crimes across the country and it reflects an increase in anti-Sikh hate crimes. In 2021 it documented 214 incidents. “The hate crimes

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - An Indian national may face up to two years of imprisonment for illegally re-entering the US after he was deported from the country two years ago. Ashok Kumar Prahladbhai Patel, 40, appeared before US Customs and

NEW YORK, NY(IANS) - Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, head of the blood-testing company Theranos, has been sentenced to almost 13 years in prison after being found guilty of defrauding investors and endangering patients. Balwani will have to surrender on March 15, 2023

TORONTO, (IANS) - In a "targeted" killing, a 21-year-old Canadian-Sikh woman died after being shot multiple times outside a gas station in Mississauga, police said. Pawanpreet Kaur, a resident of Brampton, died on December 3 at the Petro Canada gas station

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - The judge overseeing the case of a student, suspected of murdering his Indian American roommate at Purdue University, has been asked by prosecutors to re-evaluate whether the suspect is fit to stand trial. Ji Min Sha,

India-West News Desk COLUMBUS, OH - Rathnakishore Giri, 27, of New Albany, OH, has been charged by the Department of Justice with defrauding investors of $10 million dollars. The DOJ pointed out that Giri has a history of investment fraud, and this

India-West News Desk SAN JOSE, CA - A federal judge on November 14 granted a three-week delay in the sentencing of Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former lover and accomplice of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, who is scheduled to be sentenced

India-West News Desk CHICAGO, IL - Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson has asked the U.S. attorney’s office to investigate whether racism and discrimination played a part in the sentencing of Indian American investment banker Nikesh Patel. Patel, 39, was sentenced

NEWARK, NJ (IANS) - Abhishek Krishnan faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted in an $8 million Covid-19 relief fraud scheme, according to court documents. Krishnan, 40, has been charged by a federal grand jury here for

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - Waseem Maknojiya, a 38-year-old Indian national, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Texas court for committing mail fraud and duping customers via Indian call centers. Maknojiya, who was illegally residing in Houston,

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY – One of the most high-profile art smugglers of today, Indian American Subhash Kapoor was sentenced on November 1, to 10 years in prison by a trial court in Kumbhakonam, Tamil Nadu. Kapoor and five of

India-West Staff Reporter IOWA CITY, IO - Sameer Chandulal Patel, 30, An Indian national living in Iowa City was sentenced on October 28, to more than 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges relating to receipt and distribution of