TRENTON, NJ (TIP): New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is pushing a bill that would hit the newspapers that hounded him over the Bridgegate scandal where it hurts. The proposed legislation, which passed through the Assembly […]
POTOMAC, MD (TIP): On December 2, Sreedhar Potarazu, 51, an Indian American ophthalmic surgeon based in Potomac, Maryland, pleaded guilty to charges of inducing interstate travel to commit a fraud and failing to account for […]
TRENTON, NJ (TIP): An Indian origin New Jersey jewelry storeowner who used his business to further one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department was sentenced November 30 to […]
BENGALURU (TIP): Beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya has filed an application in the Karnataka high court for recalling its order summoning him for allegedly violating an undertaking given by him and his companies not to […]
An Indian-American couple has been indicted on human trafficking charges related to forced labour of foreign nationals primarily from India, authorities have said. A federal grand jury charged Satish Kartan, 43, and his wife Sharmistha […]
NEW YORK (TIP): JPMorgan Chase & Co will pay more than $250 million to settle allegations by the US government that it had hired children of Chinese decision makers to win business, a source familiar […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Navinder Singh Sarao, an Indian-origin trader on November 9 became the second person convicted of criminally deceiving US futures markets after he pleaded guilty to federal charges that he contributed to the Wall […]
MUMBAI (TIP): In more trouble for beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya, a special PMLA court here today declared him a ‘proclaimed offender’ and directed the Enforcement Directorate to attach movable properties which were listed by the […]
Less than 48 hours before election day, in an election season which was marred by controversies, Nine days after throwing the presidential race into turmoil, FBI Director James Comey once more cleared Hillary Clinton of […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif submitted a written statement to the Supreme Court during a hearing of the Panama Papers case petitions on Nov 3 in which he denied holding any offshore companies. […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Orlando’s Indian-American businessman Nikesh Patel has signaled that he could plead guilty in the $179 million loan fraud case that rocked the local business world when he was arrested in September 2014. Previously […]
NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI (TIP): Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has agreed to pay over $205 million to resolve charges of corruption and making bribe payments to officials in foreign nations, including $5.76 million allegedly paid […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The U.S. Justice Department charged 61 people on Thursday, October 27, with taking part in a scam involving India-based call centers where people impersonated Internal Revenue Service, immigration and other federal officials and […]
The Indian Panorama received during the last couple of weeks, two letters in mail from “concerned shareholders of Indus American Bank”. The letters carry no name, no address, no contact information, making it impossible to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a UK-based arms dealer for allegedly taking kickbacks worth over USD 5.70 million from Brazilian company Embraer in the […]
NEWARK, NJ (TIP): A 39-year-old Indian-American woman attorney on Monday, October 17, pleaded guilty to visa fraud charges related to students and H-1B visas, federal prosecutors said. Sunila Dutt, of Virginia, pleaded guilty before US […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): A federal investigation into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign fund-raising has recently secured the assistance of Harendra Singh, owner of Water’s Edge restaurant in Queens, who has been indicted on unrelated […]
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY (TIP): The 13-count indictment charges Mangano, the highest ranking elected official in Nassau County, with selling out his position to a wealthy businessman in exchange for free vacations, meals and other gifts. […]
THANE (TIP) — In a major raid, over 500 employees of some call centers were detained & 70 people arrested for allegedly threatening Americans, which also includes Indian Americans, and siphoning off their money in […]
“Emailgate” has plagued Hillary Clinton’s campaign since the push for her nomination began nearly a year and a half ago, painting her as a corrupt politician, or in some cases, an inept one. In March 2015, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A senior civil judge, her husband and a lawyer were arrested here on Thursday on charges of demanding a bribe of Rs 22 lakh from a person to settle a complaint in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The NHRC issued notice on Thursday to the CBI over the alleged torture of suspended senior bureaucrat BK Bansal and his family that led to their suicide, an official statement said. The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A total of $5.5 million was paid as commission to a middleman based abroad in the Embraer deal, the CBI has found in what it considers as a major breakthrough in its […]
Two Indians in the US state of New Jersey have been charged with visa fraud for recruiting foreign nationals at a “pay to stay” college where they maintained their clients’ student visa status with full-time […]
WASHINGTON: A 48-year-old Indian-American doctor in Alabama has been charged with a health care fraud of USD 9.5 million through illegally conducted tests, and prescribing controlled substances for illegitimate purposes. Shelinder Aggarwal simultaneously filed guilty […]
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