21-05-2025
A fake robbery in US, American visa and an illegal Indian immigrant
A probe by the Fairfield County Police in Connecticut revealed that an armed robbery had, in fact, been staged by a shop owner to help his clerk, an illegal immigrant from India, stay back in the US. The shop owner, Birenkumar Patel, planned to exploit the U-Visa programme, which offers deportation relief to victims of certain March 9, the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported robbery at Monticello EZ Mart at 3888 State days later, after questioning, the shop owner, Birenkumar Patel, admitted the incident was orchestrated to allow the clerk, Laxitkumar Patel, to remain in the US by exploiting the U-Visa program, according to the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office statement.
It was the clerk, Laxitkumar Patel, who called the police to file a false robbery complaint, thus getting formally involved in a criminal reported that $379 (approximately Rs 31,553) was stolen by a masked suspect who brandished an object presented as a firearm, local TV news channel, WACH FOX 57, WAS STAGED: POLICE INVESTIGATIONA thorough investigation by the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office concluded that the robbery had been U-Visa is a special non-immigrant visa in the US designed for victims of certain serious crimes who have endured significant mental or physical abuse and are willing to cooperate with law enforcement in the investigation or prosecution of those U-Visa was introduced in 2000 to encourage undocumented immigrants to report to officials, the clerk, Laxitkumar Patel, entered the US illegally last year in September and faced an immigration hearing in March has been charged with criminal conspiracy, while Laxitkumar Patel faces charges of filing a false police report and criminal conspiracy. He is also under a federal hold due to his undocumented immigration status, Fox 57 County has since referred the case to the Department of Homeland County Sheriff Will Montgomery criticised the individuals involved, stating that this case—like other false reports—diverts vital law enforcement resources that could otherwise be used to assist genuine InMust Watch
