Six people were indicted in May 2024 on charges of faking robberies and other crimes at businesses in Elmwood Park, River Grove, and other south and north suburbs, and in Louisiana and Tennessee, with the hope of getting a special immigration visa.Six people have been indicted in federal court on charges they conspired to stage armed robberies in Chicago and several suburbs as part of an effort to apply for U.S. immigration visas reserved for crime victims, the U.S.
The indictment states that Bhikhabhai Patel, 51, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Nilesh Patel, 32, of Jackson, Tennessee; Ravinaben Patel 23, of Racine, Wisconsin; and Rajnikumar Patel, 32, of Jacksonville, Florida; arranged with Nayi to be “victims” of the staged robberies so that they could submit applications for U nonimmigrant status.