An Indian American man in Florida has pleaded guilty to procuring citizenship unlawfully, misusing evidence of naturalisation, and making false statements in a passport application. Jaiprakash Gulvady, 51, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, a release by the US Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida, announced last week. According to court records, Gulvady, an Indian national, came to the US in 2001 on a temporary business visa.
A federal grand jury in Florida has charged three people, including two Indian-origin men, for the violent kidnapping and murder of an airplane mechanic who went missing last November. The body of Suren Seetal (36), who worked at Opa-locka Airport and Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, was found in Big Cypress National Preserve on November 21, 2023, the US Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida said in a recent release.
An Indian-origin urologist in the US state of Florida has been fined $7,236 and ordered to take a medical education course in risk management after he removed a cyst instead of a kidney during a surgery in 2021. Zamip Patel, who was supposed to remove a patient’s right kidney on June 16, 2021, ended up removing “a significant mass, which was sent to pathology.”
Amid a scorching heat wave, the US National Weather Service (NWS) has issued heat alerts for 40 million Americans across at least a dozen states, from Montana to Texas and Florida. Scorching temperatures will linger in the US Southwest while intensifying in the Midwest this week, Xinhua news agency quoted the NWS update issued on Monday as saying.
An audio recording of a 2021 meeting has revealed former US President Donald Trump discussing holding secret documents he did not declassify after leaving the White House, a media report said. In the two-minute recording exclusively obtained by CNN, Trump is heard riffling through papers and saying: “This is highly confidential.”
Sanjay Singh, 43, of Coral Springs, Florida, has been charged in South Florida federal court with orchestrating a $100 million investment fraud (Ponzi) scheme run through his over-the-road trucking company, Royal Bengal Logistics, Inc. (RBL).
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Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted with multiple federal criminal charges in connection with his handling of classified documents from his presidency. Trump, who became the first former President in US history to face federal criminal charges, announced his indictment in a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Thursday.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday officially launched his United States presidential campaign in a rocky, glitch-filled broadcast over Twitter.
DeSantis on Thursday tweeted: “I’m running for president to lead our Great American Comeback.” DeSantis in his campaign said: “We need the courage to lead, and we must have the strength to win.”
An Indian American scientist has bagged the Outstanding Achievement Award in Cancer Research from the Society of American Asian Scientists. The award was given to the senior scientist for her significant contributions to cancer research.
Major Republican donors gathered in Nashville, TN to pick and fund a candidate worthy of competing with incumbent President Joe Biden who is also seeking a second term in office. Although former President Donald Trump got top billing, he was nowhere near the dream of achieving the Republican nomination.
Indian American Radha Pyati will be the next chancellor and dean of Penn State Berks, a major research university, effective July 1. Prior to this, Pyati was the dean of the College of Sciences and Mathematics. She is an accomplished researcher and author, an award-winning environmentalist, and a leader in STEM education.
President Joe Biden is preparing to announce his re-election campaign next week, the Washington Post has reported.
Florida hotelier Bharat Patel has been appointed as the new Chairman of Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) Board of Directors. Patel took over as the chairman at the conclusion of the 2023 AAHOA Convention & Trade Show in Los Angeles, California on April 14.
Former US President Donald Trump faces a “legal tsunami’ post his arraignment by a New York court on 34 charges of felony, including tax fraud by his businesses and the hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, thus crashing hopes of a Republican nomination for his third presidential run.
After he made history on Tuesday as the first US President (current or former) to be arrested, former commander-in-chief Donald Trump was hit with 34 serious criminal charges relating to hush money allegedly paid to three people, including adult film actor Stephanie Gregory Clifford aka Stormy Daniels, model Karen McDougal and Trump Tower doorman.
A day before his arraignment, former US President Donald Trump has reportedly told his legal team and political advisors that he will escalate attacks against the Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg whose prosecution on the hush money case involving adult film star Stormy Daniels created a nationwide political firestorm resulting in his possible sealed indictment by a New York grand jury.
An attorney for former US President Donald Trump said that he expects to make a motion to dismiss any charges brought by a Manhattan grand jury in the hush-money payment case involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Former President Donald Trump will deliver his remarks on Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida after he returns from the indictment, according to a news release from his campaign. Trump is expected to appear before the court on Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan.
Ramesh Bhutada, an Indian American businessman, has donated $1 million to the Hindu University of America (HUA) in Florida. The university is the only institution in the US that offers education based on Hindu philosophy.
Indian American teenager Tanvi Marupally, who has gone missing for more than 75 days from her Arkansas home, was found safe in Florida and has been reunited with her family, police said.
As an Indian growing up in America, Darshana Patel who recently announced her bid to run for the California State Assembly District 76, was called a “pagan, greasy Indian”, and was asked to “go back home”.
Amidst growing calls in the US to ban TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday announced that lawmakers will be moving forward with legislation to “protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the reappointment of Indian American Digvijay “Danny” Gaekwad to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees.
A 38-year-old Indian American has pleaded guilty to charges related to almost $20 million in fraud that he perpetrated while on federal pretrial release for another crime. Nikesh Ajay Patel of Florida was charged with 13 counts, including one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and eight counts of money laundering.
