Delaware, Dover: Rakesh Kumar Patel, 36, from Flushing, New York, has admitted guilt in a case involving conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
According to federal prosecutors, an Indian national living unlawfully in the United States has confessed to taking part in a nationwide scheme that scammed elderly Americans out of over $2.1 million. The announcement came on May 21.
Patel entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews in Wilmington, Delaware. The case involves a scheme that lasted a year, during which elderly victims were deceived into handing over their savings by being falsely led to believe they were assisting in a non-existent federal investigation.
