4 US Cops Aided Indian Man in Decade-Long U Visa Fraud Scheme
En resumen
- Indian national Chandrakant Patel orchestrated a decade-long U visa fraud in Louisiana, faking robberies to help immigrants obtain visas.
- Four US law enforcement officers, including police chiefs and a marshal, aided the scheme by filing false police reports for payments, with Patel and the officers now having pleaded guilty.
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Por qué importa
The U-visa program was created for victims of crimes who assist law enforcement. Chandrakant Patel, an Indian national, exploited this program by organizing fake robberies to help immigrants qualify for U visas.
4 US cops helped Chandrakant 'Lala' Patel to continue his decade-long U visa fraud.
Indian man Chandrakant Patel was arrested and charged with visa fraud that involved fake robberies. Now it has come to the surface that 4 law enforcement officers were helping him in his decade-long operation in Louisiana. Congress created the U-visa for victims of crimes who help law enforcement authorities in the investigation of the particular crime that they faced. Foreign nationals become eligible for a U visa if they:
they were the victims of qualifying criminal activity in the US
they suffered substantial physical or mental abyse as a result of the criminal activity
possessed information about the criminal activity
were helpful or were like to be helpful to alw enforcement in the investigation
were admissible to the US
Such victims could submit Form I-918 to petition for their U visa.
Chandrakant Patel and U visa scam
Indian-origin man Chandrakant Patel turned the visa program into a scam as he took money and organized fake robberies at restaurants so that the workers could qualify for a U visa. Court documents said Patel was a resident of Oakdale, Louisiana, and the owner two convenience stores: G&G Superette and EZ Shop. He also operated a fast-food restaurant franchise. He was granted a U visa in 2023 and he claimed that he was a victim of an armed robbery. But he had been doing this fraud since 2015 and continued doing it until July 2025 in the Western District of Louisiana and elsewhere with the help of 4 US cops. Chad Doyle, Michael Slaney, Glynn Dixon and Tebo Onishea. These cops wrote false police reports naming the 'aliens' who paid Patel as victims of alleged armed robberies. These 4 police officers took $5000 for each alien placed on a fake police report. "Patel's payment of $5,000 was in exchange for the generation of the report, the placing of an individual Alien in the report, and the subsequent U visa I-918B certification required for each Alien to apply for a U visa," the court document said. All five have pleaded guilty. Dixon, Doyle, Onishea, and Slaney each face up to 5 years in prison. Patel faces up to 20 years in federal prison. When these frauds took place, Doyle was Oakdale Chief of Police; Slaney was Oakdale Marshal for Ward 5; Dixon was Forest Hill Chief of Police; and Onishea was Glenmora Chief of Police.
Preguntas abiertas
- What is the total number of individuals who received U visas through this fraudulent scheme?
- What are the specific consequences for the immigrants who paid Patel?
- Will there be further investigations into other law enforcement agencies?
