Chandrakant ‘Lala’ Patel is accused of exploiting the US U-visa victim-protection programme to help Indian immigrants avoid deportation Ahmedabad: Chandrakant ‘Lala’ Patel, accused of exploiting the US U-visa victim-protection programme to help Indian immigrants avoid deportation, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money laundering and now faces deportation himself. Under a plea deal, Patel agreed…
A federal court has now sentenced Gujarat native Kavankumar Patel to 10 years in prison for his role in the case. AHMEDABAD: A routine police call over a theft complaint at a Nebraska hotel eventually last year exposed an alleged trafficking racket involving minors, hotel employees, and multiple Gujarati-origin hotel operators in the US. A…
A hotel employee testified to federal authorities that Falguni Choudhary would sit and monitor the secret recordings “as casually as one watches a soap opera” Ahmedabad: A federal investigation into a sex trafficking racket involving two minor girls at a Nebraska hotel took a darker turn when federal agents uncovered a highly invasive surveillance setup…
