Crime

SAN JOSE, CA (IANS) - A 21-year-old Indian American food delivery driver has been arrested for sexually assaulting a minor girl after forcefully getting into her motel room in California, police said. Identifying Sandeep as the "primary suspect", the San Jose

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with hate-crime assault following an attack on a Sikh teen onboard a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus in New York City last week, police said. Christopher Philippeaux from

QUEENS, NY (IANS) - An elderly Sikh man hit his head and died after he was punched repeatedly by a 30-year-old man following a car accident here. Jasmer Singh, 66, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens in critical

KALISPELL, MT (IANS) - A 24-year-old has admitted to his role in stealing $150,000 from an elderly woman here, through a computer-hacking scheme. Sukhdev Vaid pleaded guilty to wire fraud and faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $250,000

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – The Sikh teen who was punched multiple times here, said that he was left "angered and shaken by the attack". The 19-year-old was riding on a shuttle bus on October 15 morning near 118th Street and

BAKERSFIELD, CA  (IANS) - A 50-year-old man here, has pleaded guilty to stealing $163,750 in Covid-19 relief money, the US Attorney for Eastern District of California announced. According to court documents, Jaswinder Bhangoo applied for over $250,000 in Covid-19 relief loans

TORONTO, (IANS) - A 25-year-old driver has been charged in connection with the death of a Canadian Sikh woman who was struck by an unoccupied cargo van while she was walking her children home from school in 2020 in British

Photo: cbsnews.com HOBOKEN CITY, NJ (IANS) -  Ravi Bhalla, the Sikh mayor of this city has said that he has received a series of hate-filled letters via email threatening to kill him and his family if he doesn't resign. Ravi Bhalla, who

TORONTO, (IANS) - In a "tragic case of domestic violence", a 57-year-old Sikh man has been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of his wife in Canada's British Columbia province, police said. Balvir Singh, a resident of the

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - In a racially motivated attack, a man punched a 19-year-old Sikh teen multiple times and attempted to remove his turban onboard a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus, here. Police said both men were riding on a shuttle

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has obtained a temporary restraining order, asset freeze, and other emergency relief to halt an ongoing fraud targeting the Indian American community that has raised

AGRA, (IANS) - A case has been registered at the tourism police station here against Asad Alam Khan who allegedly accompanied the US Naval Secretary as a guide during his visit to the Taj Mahal in November 2022, even though

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Indian-origin Nishad Singh, former director of engineering at collapsed crypto exchange FTX, on Monday said he had a lot of admiration and respect for FTX Co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried but over time, that “eroded”. According

SAN ANTONIO, TX (IANS) - A court in has ordered a man and his pharmacy to pay $275,000 civil penalty and imposed restrictions related to the dispensing of opioids and other controlled substances. Pharmacist Jitendra Chaudhary owned Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, which

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - A 44-year-old Sikh man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a sword attack, which left a man with 23 stitches to his face, during an annual Sikh Parade in California's Yuba City in 2018. Parmvir

CHESTERFIELD, VA (IANS) - Police are on the lookout for an armed suspect who robbed a store here and fled with cash. Shyamal Patel's Smokies Lounge Smoke Shop on Woods Edge Road was robbed at around 5 a.m. on October 8,

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A 54-year-old Indian-origin man and six other co-conspirators have been sentenced to prison for their role in a multimillion-dollar Covid-19 relief fraud and misusing public funds to buy houses and expensive cars like Lamborghini and

PLAINSBORO, NJ (IANS) – A family of four has been found dead here in what officials suspect to be a case of murder-suicide, police said. Police in Plainsboro who went to their home on October 4 evening responding to a request

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - BioTek reMEDys, a Delaware-based pharma company and its CEO Chaitanya Gadde, have agreed to pay $20 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act of paying kickbacks to patients and physicians to protect

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - Two men have pleaded guilty to their role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that the Small Business Administration guaranteed under the Coronavirus

SEATTLE, WA (IANS) -  The US cop who joked and laughed in a bodycam video about Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula's death by a police SUV this year, has been taken off patrol duty, police said. The Seattle Police Department (SPD) on

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A 43-year-old has been convicted by a federal jury in Michigan for orchestrating a $2.8 million healthcare fraud and wire fraud conspiracy, and engaging in money laundering, aggravated identity theft and witness tampering. According to court

CHICAGO, IL (IANS) - A 35-year-old Indian man has pleaded guilty to committing marriage fraud in order to obtain a green card or permanent residency. The charge on Vivek Chauhan carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - Two people were each sentenced to 41 months in prison for their roles in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud by accepting illegally obtained $1.2 million in wire transfers from victims across the US. Arushobike Mitra,

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - Four Indian Americans have been arrested and charged with illegally processing more than $600 million through unlicensed money-transmitting businesses in New York. Raj Vaidya, 26; Rakesh Vaidya, 51; Shrey Vaidya, 23; and Neel Patel, 26, from

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A Purdue University student, who was charged with murder after he stabbed his Indian American roommate to death in October last year, has been found fit to stand trial, media reports said. Ji Min Sha, a

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - Lawmakers and advocacy groups said they were "horrified", "sickened" and "appalled" following the release of a bodycam video in which a Seattle cop is heard joking and laughing about an Indian student's death by a police

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - An officer from the Seattle Police Department has been under investigation after a newly released bodycam footage showed him laughing and joking on a phone call about an Indian student who was hit and killed

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (IANS) - A Democratic leader of Indian and Sri Lankan descent here was beaten and bloodied by four young men in front of her children in a carjacking incident, which took place outside her home. Shivanthi Sathanandan, a Minnesota

TORONTO, (IANS) -Murder charges have been laid against two Sikh men in connection with an "aggravated assault” that left a 55-year-old man dead in the Canadian province of British Columbia, police said. Parminder Singh Brar, 31, and Simarpal Singh, 21, remain

NEWARK, NJ (IANS) - A gang of 16 people that allegedly terrorized Indian and other Asian jewelers has been arrested and charged in connection with a year-long robbery spree across four East Coast states, according to federal officials. They allegedly "took

CLIFTON, NJ (IANS- ) A 40-year-old here, has been arrested in connection with a technical support scam that targeted more than 7,000 victims. Manoj Yadav defrauded victims -- consisting mainly of small business owners and the elderly -- of more than

NEWARK, NJ (IANS) – Parag Bhavsar has admitted that he defrauded various telephone providers and insurance companies out of millions of dollars by using stolen or fake identities to submit fraudulent claims for replacement cellular devices and then reselling those

Photo: Patel Shippers Facebook HOMESTEAD, FL (IANS) - The US Department of Labor announced it has recovered more than $71,047 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Florida-based Indian company, which denied overtime pay to 25 of its workers. Patel Shippers

DUBLIN, CA (IANS) - An Indian American CEO of multiple software development and IT services companies has been sentenced to two years in prison for committing bank fraud and failing to pay more than $2 million in employment taxes. Kishore Kethineni

BAKERSFIELD, CA (IANS) - A 46-year-old dental surgeon has pleaded guilty to stealing $500,000 in Covid-19 relief money and using it for personal expenditures, such as investments. Ranjan Rajbanshi, who ran a dental practice here and in Santa Barbara, received over

TORONTO, (IANS) - Canadian Police said it has arrested another suspect in connection with the murder of a 37-year-old Indian Canadian man in Ontario province last year. Eduardo Tito Silva, 34, was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in connection with the

ROCHESTER, MN (IANS) - A Pakistani doctor, living in the US on a work visa, was sentenced to 18 years in jail for attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization, Daesh, media reports said. The Pakistani doctor identified as

ROSEVILLE, CA (IANS) - A 29-year-old Sikh man has been arrested and charged with murder after he allegedly shot at and killed his girlfriend at a parking garage here. Simranjit Singh was arrested after police suspected him of killing his 34-year-old

NEWPORT BEACH, CA - (IANS) - A 41-year-old Indian American former executive has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $2.7 million from his employer. Varun Aggarwal, who worked at a commercial real estate agency here, pleaded guilty on August 22 to

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - In a significant development in connection with the DRDO espionage case involving a former Navy commander and a freelance journalist, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Canadian citizen, a source said on August

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A 44-year-old Indian American lab owner was sentenced to 27 years in prison for defrauding Medicare by submitting over $463 million in genetic and other laboratory tests that patients did not need. According to court documents,

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A former Bakersfield city council Sikh candidate, who allegedly threatened to burn down a gurdwara in the Californian city, will be making a court appearance at the end of this month for a preliminary hearing,

TOWSON, MD (IANS) - In a suspected case of double suicide murder, an Indian American family of three, including their six-year-old child, has been found dead in their home here, police said. The victims were identified as 37-year-old Yogesh H Nagarajappa,

India-West News Desk ANAHEIM, CA - Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu is set to plead guilty after being implicated in a federal investigation involving false statements to investigators about his involvement in a land sale deal with Angel Stadium. Once Sidhu

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A 41-year-old Indian American has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the possession of false identity documents and operating an unlicensed money transfer business. Vimalkumar Trivedi's fraud led

CHICAGO, IL (IANS) - A recent court ruling has mandated the release of nearly $5 million in assets seized by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) from Rishi Shah, a 37-year-old Indian American executive and co-founder of Chicago-based health technology

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - An Indian American doctor has been arrested for an alleged indecent act and exposing himself in view of a 14-year-old girl seated next to him onboard a flight from Honolulu to Boston in May 2022. Sudipta

ORLANDO, FL (IANS) - A urologist has been fined $7,236 and ordered to take a medical education course in risk management after he removed a cyst instead of a kidney during surgery in 2021. Zamip Patel, who was supposed to remove

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - Remembering the victims of a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in 2012, leaders urged the community to rise above hatred and bigotry, and work to end gun violence in the country. On August