The Justice Division mentioned 10 Indian nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in reference to a conspiracy to hold out staged armed robberies to get visas. All of them had been beforehand charged by felony grievance in March 2026. In a contemporary replace within the case, the division mentioned that each one 10 had been beforehand launched on circumstances. Now they’re topic ti deportation upon completion of any sentence imposed. All of them are illegals within the US.
Listing of 10 Patels and their standing within the US
Jitendrakumar Patel, 39, unlawfully residing in Marshfield, MassachusettsMaheshkumar Patel, 36, unlawfully residing in Randolph, Massachusetts Sanjaykumar Patel, 45, unlawfully residing in Quincy, MassachusettsDipikaben Patel, 40, deported to India after unlawfully residing in Weymouth, MassachusettsRameshbhai Patel, 52, unlawfully residing in Eubank, Kentucky Amitabahen Patel, 43, unlawfully residing in Plainville, Massachusetts Ronakkumar Patel, 28, unlawfully residing in Maryland Heights, Mississippi Sangitaben Patel, 36, unlawfully residing in Randolph, MassachusettsMinkesh Patel, 42, unlawfully residing in Perrysburg, OhioSonal Patel, 42, unlawfully residing in Perrysburg, Ohio.
What’s the armed theft and visa fraud case?
In March 2023, one Rambhai Patel and his co-conspirators staged an armed theft at at the very least six liquor shops and quick meals eating places in Massachusetts and different locations. The aim of the robberies was to get the workers — current on the shops through the theft — U visas as victims of a violent crime. A U Visa is obtainable to victims of sure crimes who’ve suffered psychological or bodily abuse and who’ve been useful to regulation enforcement within the investigation or prosecution of felony exercise. Rambhai Patel took cash from the shop workers who wanted the visas to stage the armed theft and he paid the shop house owners to make use of their shops for the staged theft. Rambhai and his driver Balwinder Singh had been convicted in Could 2025. These 10 indicted Patels both organized with Rambhai Patel to arrange for every theft or paid for themselves or a member of the family to get a U visa. The cost of conspiracy to commit visa fraud supplies for a sentence of as much as 5 years in jail, three years of supervised launch and a wonderful of $250,000. Moreover, the defendants are topic to deportation after any sentence imposed.In March, 11 Indians had been charged, however now 10 have been indicted. 40-year-old Mitul Patel, unlawfully residing in Worcester, Massachusetts, will not be talked about within the newest listing.
