The Rakhits intentionally distributed controlled substances outside the usual course of medical practice WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian American doctor couple has been indicted on charges of committing healthcare fraud by performing unnecessary medical tests and […]
LOS ANGELES, CA (TIP): A federal jury has convicted an Indian American man from Monrovia, California, for his role in an international money laundering organization that conspired to move millions of dollars in proceeds for […]
LONDON (TIP): A London-based Indian origin woman faces extradition to India for her involvement in the murder of a 12-year-old orphan from Gujarat. Arti Dhir was arrested last year after an Interpol alert over the […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): A federal court in New Jersey on Friday, January 19, slapped a penalty of $5 million on Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc. and forced the pharmaceutical company to enter consent decree of permanent […]
“The fundraising effort in the name of setting up a Tamil Chair is a ruse that exemplifies Harvard’s habitual exploitation of indigenous people. This is an egregious example akin to a burglar asking you to […]
WISCONSIN (TIP): Four men of Indian origin, were arrested over the last week, suspected of conducting the widespread scam of impersonating Internal Revenue Service agents to bilk innocent taxpayers, many of them Indian-Americans. United States […]
SACRAMENTO (TIP): Indian American Suraj Patel, 38, of Long Beach, California, was ordered to pay approximately $925,000 to Macy’s after he pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering in a $3.5 million distribution scheme […]
DALLAS (TIP): Miteshkumar Patel and his accomplices impersonated officials from the IRS and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to threaten people of imprisonment if they did not pay them money. Indian American Miteshkumar Patel […]
PANAJI (TIP): Tejpal, who then ran Tehelka, was accused of rape by a junior colleague in 2013. The charges against him include Sections 376(2)F and 376(2)K, which lay down stricter punishment for a person who uses a position of power or trust to abuse a […]
The Justice Department said Baljinder Singh of Carteret did not disclose a previous deportation order on his naturalization application. NEW YORK (TIP): The United States on Sept 19 filed civil denaturalization complaints in federal court […]
GARLAND, ARKANSAS (TIP): A former store manager of Indian origin staying in Arkansas under a program that shields young, undocumented immigrants from deportation has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges stemming from […]
NEWARK, NJ (TIP): A New York man of Indian origin was sentenced on Sept 19 to 24 months in prison for his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Karti Chidambaram refused to appear before the CBI in the Aircel-Maxis case, his lawyer said. The agency had called Karti for questioning today in connection with the foreign investment clearance given in 2006 in the Aircel-Maxis deal when his father P […]
HOUSTON (TIP): Four more defendants, including three Indian origin men pleaded guilty, Sept 7 to conspiracy and passport fraud charges during the past month for their roles in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through […]
FORDS, NJ (TIP): Sanjay Gupta, an Indian American resident of Fords, New Jersey, was sentenced for illegally hiring twelve unauthorized aliens to work at his company, Doon Technologies located in Iselin, New Jersey. U.S. District […]
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): Political consultant Ravneet Singh, former CEO of ElectionMall Technologies, was sentenced Aug 31 to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for his role in funneling more than […]
MANCHESTER, NH (TIP): An Indian American businessman in Manchester, New Hampshire Rohit Saksena, 42, was sentenced to serve three years of probation and pay a $40,000 fine for filing false visa applications, Acting United States […]
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN (TIP): An Indian American Hotel Owner Mehul Chandubhai Patel, a/k/a “Mike Patel,” 31, of Battle Creek, Michigan, on Aug 21 was ordered to pay restitution of $150,500 to his former employees, Acting […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The CBI grilled Karti Chidambaram for about eight hours in connection with an alleged irregularity in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance given to a media group, INX Media, for receiving funds from Mauritius when his father P Chidambaram was the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A federal appeals panel upheld on August 23 the insider trading conviction of Mathew Martoma, a former portfolio manager for Steven A. Cohen, rejecting his claims that there was inadequate evidence of […]
MILFORD, CT (TIP): A federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned an indictment on July 26 charging Indian American physician Dr. Bharat Patel, 70, of Milford, and his ally Dr. Ramil Mansourov, 47, of Darien, both […]
SILVERSTONE (TIP): Missing India, and pining for a pit lane he can visit only once a year? Not a bit of it, says embattled Formula One team owner Vijay Mallya. The flamboyant businessman, currently fighting a high-profile Indian extradition request, speaks instead of ‘enjoying […]
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