Category: Ahmedabad Today

Pratik Patel, a Gujarati-origin man from Florida, has been sentenced to over three years in US federal prison for laundering over $650,000 linked to fraud schemes. He acted as a “runner,” concealing illicit funds from victims conned through an overseas call center scam. Patel also operated an unlicensed money transfer business.

A man from Gujarat was arrested at Delhi airport. He had deported himself from the US using a fake passport. He previously entered the US illegally via Vietnam. He worked in Atlanta. Facing stricter immigration rules, he tried to return to India. Authorities caught him with the forged document upon arrival.