USCIS-FBI Crack U-Visa Scam: Indian National Gets 20 Months For 18 Staged Robberies, $850K Forfeiture; Deportation After Sentence

USCIS and FBI aided a multi-state investigation that led to the sentencing of Rambhai Patel for staging at least 18 armed robberies to fabricate U-visa victim claims. Patel received 20 months and eight days, must forfeit $850,000, and faces deportation after his sentence. The case ties into a broader cluster of U-visa benefit-fraud schemes involving staged crimes and public corruption across several districts.