Louisiana, VISA fraud and The police chiefs
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Louisiana’s $5,000 U-Visa Scam: How Fake Crimes Rocked Immigration ProtectionsWhat if the very officials sworn to enforce the law themselves commit a monstrous fraud? In Louisiana, three serving and former chiefs of police, one city marshal, and a businessman hatched a plot, federal investigators allege,
A federal grand jury indicted five individuals, including an Indian-origin businessman and four Louisiana law enforcement officers, on 62 counts related to visa fraud, mail fraud, and bribery. They allegedly conspired for nearly a decade to create false police reports for noncitizens seeking U visas,
Business owner Chandrakant "Lala" Patel, Oakdale police chief Chad Doyle, Oakdale city marshal Michael "Freck" Slaney, Forest Hill police chief Glynn Dixon and former Glenmora police chief Tebo Onishea have all been arrested and indicted in the scheme after what officials said was a year-long investigation.