Rao Desu (52), owner of several retail pharmacies including Heights Pharmacy in Piscataway, New Jersey was convicted today (October 21, 2019) on charges of conspiracy to defraud IRS. Desu, a resident of Warren, NJ was charged with conspiracy to defraud the IRS on October 18, 2018. The New Jersey Indian retail pharmacies owner Desu was […]
Former Jersey City resident Rajendra Patel (62) was sentenced today to seven years in state prison for defrauding five freight brokers out of $2.6 million in an elaborate shipping scam. Rajendra Patel (Photo Courtesy – New Jersey Attorney General’s Office) According to a statement by New Jersey Attorney General’s Office: Freight brokerage companies are paid […]
Chicago, IL based Indian management consulting firm Mu Sigma agreed in August 2019 to a $2.5 million global settlement in Dallas, TX for visa fraud and and inducing aliens to enter and remain in the U.S. Mu Sigma with its main delivery center in Bangalore, India was illegally circumventing U.S. government H-1B visa regulations by […]
Manish Patel (33), an Indian Attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York, was charged with Marijuana offenses Thursday, August 15, 2019 in Granite Bay, CA by U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California. Charges Against Manish Patel Indian Attorney Manish Patel faces dual charges of: Conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute marijuana plants […]
Former Jersey City resident and fugitive Rajendra Patel (62) pleaded guilty today to defrauding five freight brokers out of $2.6 million in an elaborate shipping scam. Rajendra Patel (Photo Courtesy – New Jersey Attorney General’s Office) Rajendra Patel fled USA and evaded authorities for eight years after he and his co-conspirators were indicted in 2011 […]
Suresh Rawal (65), an Indian Math Tutor and resident of East Windsor, NJ was arrested yesterday and charged with inappropriately touching a 15-year old student. According to Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, Suresh Rawal inappropriately touched a 15-year-old student during a tutoring session on July 28, 2019. Suresh Rawal (Photo Courtesy – Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office) […]
Former financial advisor and radio talkshow host Dawn Bennett (56) of Chevy Chase, MD was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison for misappropriating investors’ funds, including using them to pay a puja website operator to arrange for priests in India to perform religious ceremonies to ward off federal Investigators. The ponzi scheme orchestrated […]
Come September 2, 2019, Newark Avenue/Journal Square in Jersey City would become the center of attraction for Indians in Northern New Jersey. Like their fellow Desis, New Jersey Indians believe that once you surrender to Lord Ganesh and prostrate at his feet, good things start raining and all obstacles including H1-B Visa approval and renewal, […]
The state of New Jersey has filed a three count lawsuit against Pocketinns and its president Sarvajnya G. Mada today. Pocketinns is a blockchain-driven online rental marketplace based in Princeton, NJ. It is alleged by the lawsuit that Pocketinns and its president Sarvajnya Mada offered and sold more than $400,000 of unregistered securities from New […]
The annual Indian Independence Day celebrations in Jersey City this year are scheduled for Saturday, August 10, 2019. The 2019 India Day celebrations will be held five days prior to the actual date of Indian Independence Day. India received independence from British colonial rule exactly 72 years back on August 15, 1947. 2019 Jersey City […]