Washington: US law enforcement authorities have arrested an Indian national in Virginia who is accused of being involved in a scam targeting seniors across the country.
Anirudh Kalkat, 24, was produced before a magistrate in Houston on Friday in this connection. Kalkat is accused of conspiracy and cheating.
The other accused in the case is MD Azad (25), who was living illegally in Houston and was first made an accused in 2020. The duo is alleged to have harassed people several times and threatened to attack them if they did not pay the money. Three accused Sumit Kumar Singh (24), Himanshu Kumar (24) and MD Haseeb (26) are already facing trial and are to be sentenced in this scam of running the fake scheme. All of them are Indian citizens.