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. He had initially been arrested at his home in New Jersey and charged with multiple counts of fraud and money laundering related to the conspiracy, but he pleaded guilty to the charge in June as part of a plea deal.

According to information released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mangukiya and others would use online phishing methods to find and target individuals, whom they would then call pretending to be from Amazon Fraud

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