The U.S. Attorney's Office charged six men with conspiracy to commit visa fraud after staging a series of fake robberies across Chicago and its suburbs.
Six men have been charged with staging a string of armed robberies across Chicago and its surrounding suburbs so that the victims of these allegedly fake crimes could apply for special U.S. immigration visas reserved for crime victims, federal authorities said Friday. The two men accused of organizing and carrying out the staged robberies were identified as Parth Nayi, 26, of Woodridge, Illinois, and Kewon Young, 31, of Mansfield, Ohio, the U.S.
These visas are set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are assisting law enforcement in an investigation or prosecution. It allows the victims to move to the front of the line to obtain temporary legal status for three years, during which time the victims can often get green cards. The visas were created in 2000 to prevent illegal immigrants who are victims of crimes from being deported after reporting a crime or before a criminal trial.
All six men are charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud. Ravinaben Patel was additionally charged with one count of making a false statement in a visa application.
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