‘Lacks moral character’:Indian national jailed in US over mediacare fraud; siphoned off $1.17 million

A 35-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to two years in a US federal prison for running a medicare fraud scheme that siphoned off more than $1 million through an Everett-based diagnostic laboratory. Mohammed Asif, owner of American Labworks LLC, was convicted in the US district court in Seattle for conspiracy to commit health care […]

‘Hadn’t slept for two days before accident’: Indian-origin woman jailed for 7 years for Georgia crash, was drunk and driving with suspended license

Sonal Nandkishor Patel has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for Georgia crash that killed a young father. Sonal Nandkishor Patel, a 40-year-old Indian-origin woman, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for causing a crash that killed Omar Ortiz, a young father of two, on Interstate 85 in Georgia’s Gwinnett County. The […]

Indian-origin Melbourne couple jailed in 2021 for making a Tamil woman their slave for 8 years slapped with fresh penalty

Australian Federal Police imposed a fresh penalty on Indian-origin Melbourne couple who kept an old Indian woman as their slave for eight years. An Indian-origin Melbourne couple who were jailed in 2021 for enslaving an old Tamil woman for eight years have been imposed with a fresh penalty, the Australian Federal Police revealed on Friday. […]

UAE Fraud Alert: Three jailed for fake real-estate scam that swindled couple of Dh800,000 | World News

Couple loses Dh800,000 in UAE property scam case / AI-generated illustration A UAE court has sentenced three Arab men to six months in jail for defrauding a couple of Dh800,000 through a fake real-estate financing scheme, after luring them via a social media advertisement and presenting forged documents to secure the payment. The judgment, issued […]

Singapore hospital: Indian nurse accused of molesting male visitor; jailed for over one year

Representative image (AI) An Indian nurse working at Singapore’s Raffles Hospital has been sentenced to one year and two months in jail for molesting a male visitor. The court passed the sentence on Friday.He also received two strokes of the cane, a form of corporal punishment for the same. The 34-year-old nurse, Elipe Siva Nagu, […]

15 serving army officers jailed for ‘atrocities’ during Hasina tenure

DHAKA: Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday sent 15 serving army officers to jail to face trial on charges of enforced disappearances, murders and custodial tortures during former PM Sheikh Hasina’s tenure. The officers were taken into custody by the army on Oct 11 after a special tribunal ordered their arrest in cases of […]

UK horror: British Pakistani jailed 35 years for assaulting minor girls; victims had ‘deeply troubled home lives’

A 65-year-old British Pakistani man, known as Boss Man, a grooming gang ringleader, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for raping two schoolgirls in Rochdale. Mohammed Zahid, father of three children, who showed a “chilling disregard” for the girls, was one of seven men convicted in June of committing a range of sexual offences […]

Ex-French President Sarkozy convicted: 5-year term in Libya campaign case; aides also jailed

Nicolas Sarkozy (AP photo) A Paris court on Thursday convicted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy of criminal conspiracy, while acquitting him of corruption and illegal campaign financing in the trial over allegations that late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped fund his successful 2007 presidential campaign.The trial adds to a series of legal troubles for the […]

Indian national jailed in Singapore: 46-year-old convicted of assaulting woman; gets 4 years, 6 cane strokes

(AI generated image for representation) An Indian national and Singapore permanent resident was sentenced on Monday to four years in jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting a woman in a nursing room at a shopping mall.46-year-old Ankit Sharma was convicted of aggravated outrage of modesty after he dragged a 31-year-old technology specialist […]

‘Chased frail lady before kicking and stamping on her’: Indian-origin man kills mother in UK; jailed for life

A 39-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for savagely killing his 76-year-old mother at their home in Birmingham after a row over a television remote.Prolonged and violent assault Surjit Singh pleaded guilty to killing Mohinder Kaur in September last year. Birmingham Crown Court heard that Singh, intoxicated with cocaine and alcohol, chased […]