Woodridge man sentenced for staging robberies in country-wide visa scheme, including Chicago
Criminal Justice,Chicago,Louisiana,Immigration,Fraud,Migrants,Scams
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A Chicago-area man will serve two years in a federal prison for staging hundreds of fake robberies to help applicants apply for U.S. immigration visas for crime victims, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, announced on Friday.
Parth Nayi, 29, of Woodridge, Illinois, pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to commit visa fraud.
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