Indians Plead Guilty to Student Visa Fraud Charges in U.S.
WASHINGTON:Three Indians have pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiring to commit student visa and financial aid fraud through a for-profit school they ran and agreed to forfeit over $ eight million to federal authorities.
Suresh Hiranandaney, 61, Lalit Chabria, 54, and Anita Chabira, 50, were arrested in May 2014, along with co-defendants Samir Hiranandaney and Seema Shah following a long-term investigation by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI).
Mr Hiranandaney and the Chabira duo pleaded guilty yesterday in the Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit student visa fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit student financial aid fraud.