New Jersey is home to a vibrant Indian community. Classical and Bollywood music events, temple functions like Makara Sankranti, Ugadi, Sri Rama Navami, Holi, Holika Dahan, Ganesh Chaturthi, Dasara, Mandala Puja and Diwali, New Year other Indian festival celebrations and a host of cultural events are organized frequently by various community groups or Hindu temples […]
New Jersey desis are finding it tough to land a job. The state’s economy is still in the doldrums and small businesses like restaurants, liquor stores, catering services, check cashing businesses and coffee shops are feeling the squeeze. Small businesses in New Jersey are also closing at an alarming rate. But if New Jersey Indians […]
Closter, New Jersey Indian Pritkumar Tarunkumar Patel (24) is sentenced to 90-months in federal prison on January 5, 2021 on charges of cyberstalking and receipt of child pornography. Pritkumar Patel (Photo Courtesy – New Jersey State Police) Besides the seven and half years of prison term, the other sentencing terms against Pritkumar Tarunkumar Patel include: […]
Five New Jersey Indian real estate agents Chander Singh, Sooruj Paul Singh, Savitree Joyce Singh, Subhas Brian Singh and Chandrika Basil Singh are arrested by North Bergen County prosecutors office on November 10, 2020 on charges of money laundering, theft and forgery. Here are the details of five arrested New Jersey Indian real estate agents: […]
Sudhan Thomas (45), former Jersey City Board of Education President and acting executive director of Jersey City Employment and Training Program (JCETP) has been indicted on November 2, 2020 for embezzlement, money laundering, and fraud in connection with multiple criminal schemes. Sudhan Thomas (Photo Courtesy – Jersey City School Board, New Jersey) The indictment against […]
Eleven Indian students are among the 15 arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for claiming to be employed by companies that don’t exist as part of an ongoing enforcement operation. The ongoing law enforcement operation dubbed Operation OPTical Illusion targets nonimmigrant students for fraudulently using the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program to remain […]
Rao Desu (53), owner of several retail pharmacies including Heights Pharmacy in Piscataway, New Jersey was sentenced to 30 months in prison on September 23, 2020 for conspiracy to defraud IRS. Desu, a resident of Warren, NJ was charged and convicted on October 18, 2018 and October 21, 2019 respectively with two counts of conspiracy […]
Tenafly, New Jersey Indian Rajendra Kankariya (61) pleaded guilty September 15, 20 to orchestrating and participating in a fraud scheme against a bank in connection with a $17 million secured line of credit. Rajendra Kankariya was President of a now defunct New Jersey-based marble and granite wholesale company Lotus Exim International Inc. According to the […]
Swedesboro, New Jersey Indian Amish Jayant Patel (47) was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison June 22, 2020 for traveling to Rhode Island to allegedly engage in sexual activity with a person he believed to be a 9th grade girl. The 46-months prison term of Amish Jayant Patel is to be followed by a […]
Manish Patel (33), an Indian Attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York, is indicted in Granite Bay, CA by a federal grand jury on June 18, 2020 with conspiracy to transport marijuana and concentrated cannabis oil in his Learjet. Manish Patel was charged with Marijuana offenses on August 15, 2019 in Granite Bay, CA […]