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Feds Indict Illegal Aliens From India After Uncovering Shock Fraud Scheme
Feds in Massachusetts charged 10 Indian nationals in a visa fraud conspiracy after investigators say the group staged armed robberies at convenience stores and fast-food restaurants so store clerks could claim they were violent-crime victims and seek immigration benefits.
The Justice Department said Thursday the defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in Massachusetts. Prosecutors allege the scheme was built around fake hold-ups of small businesses, with participants allegedly paying to be listed as “victims” on U visa applications.
The Department of Justice said the defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in Massachusetts. The people charged are:
Jitendrakumar Patel
Maheshkumar Patel
Sanjaykumar Patel
Dipikaben Patel
Rameshbhai Patel
Amitabahen Patel
Ronakkumar Patel
Sangitaben Patel
Minkesh Patel
Sonal Patel
“According to the charging documents, in March 2023, Rambhai Patel and his co-conspirators set up and carried out staged armed robberies of at least six convenience/liquor stores and fast food restaurants in Massachusetts and elsewhere,” the DOJ said in a press release.
“It is alleged that the purpose of the staged robberies was to allow the clerks present to falsely claim that they were victims of a violent crime on an application for U non-immigration status (U Visa),” the release continued.
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Jitendrakumar Patel
Maheshkumar Patel
Sanjaykumar Patel
Dipikaben Patel
Rameshbhai Patel
Amitabahen Patel
Ronakkumar Patel
Sangitaben Patel… pic.twitter.com/KEhZPeRB90— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 10, 2026
The U visa program is intended to protect victims of serious crimes who assist law enforcement. Federal prosecutors say the defendants instead tried to game the system by manufacturing “crime scenes” and then using the paperwork as a shortcut to immigration status.
The DOJ said the alleged organizer, Rambhai Patel, the “robber,” and the getaway driver have already been prosecuted.
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“The organizer Rambhai Patel, the “robber,” and the getaway driver, Balwinder Singh, were convicted in May 2025,” the press release reads. “The 10 defendants indicted today are alleged to have either arranged with Rambhai Patel to set up each robbery, or paid for themselves or a family member to participate as a “victim.””
If convicted, the defendants could face up to five years in prison. The DOJ noted that while sentencing has not yet been imposed, the defendants are subject to deportation after a sentence is announced.
The indictments mark the latest case of federal authorities targeting what they describe as organized immigration fraud, with prosecutors accusing the group of turning a public safety program into a pay-to-play pipeline.
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