Indian Man on Student Visa in Texas Sent to Prison for Financial Scheme Targeting Elders

A federal judge in Texas sentenced an Indian national who was in the United States on a student visa to more than eight years in prison for his role in a financial scam that targeted senior citizens.

This week, 21-year-old Dhruv Rajeshbhai Mangukiya went before a federal judge in Austin, who sentenced him to 97 months in prison on money laundering conspiracy charges. {snip}

{snip} Mangukiya and others would use online phishing methods to find and target individuals, whom they would then call pretending to be from Amazon Fraud or U.S. agents, and claim that they were under investigation for fraud. {snip}

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According to federal prosecutors, the courier was another Indian man named Kishan Rajeshkumar Patel, who is currently serving more than five years in prison for his role {snip}