New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has successfully extradited Angad Singh Chandhok, an Indian national convicted in the United States for orchestrating a large-scale tech support fraud that targeted elderly American citizens. Chandhok was brought back to India after a prolonged legal battle and is expected to be produced before a competent court where the CBI will seek his custodial remand for further investigation.
Chandhok, 34, operated a sophisticated money laundering network while residing in California. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island, he was at the center of a two-year conspiracy that used shell companies to launder millions of dollars obtained through fraudulent tech support and travel fee scams. The fraudulent funds were funneled through a network of entities controlled by Chandhok and eventually transferred to accounts in India and other countries.
The U.S. Department of Justice, in a March 2022 press release, noted that Chandhok and his associates posed as tech support providers, deceiving unsuspecting victims—many of them senior citizens—into transferring substantial sums of money. He pleaded guilty on August 19, 2019, to conspiracy to launder criminal proceeds and was sentenced to 72 months in prison followed by three years of federal supervised release by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.
Chandhok’s laundering network involved at least five individuals working under his direction and included Indian students on visas in the United States. According to court documents, these students, including four based in Newport, Rhode Island, received funds from fraud victims and transferred them to accounts controlled by Chandhok for further laundering.
The government’s evidence revealed that during the two-year period of criminal activity, Chandhok laundered a minimum of $1.5 million, including nearly $930,000 in a single month. His operations linked domestic and international players involved in the fraudulent schemes.
At the time of his conviction, Chandhok was an international fugitive wanted in India on separate fraud charges. The CBI had been actively pursuing his extradition, which was achieved following a prolonged legal and diplomatic effort.
Now back in India, Chandhok will face further legal proceedings as authorities delve deeper into his financial crimes and his potential connections with international fraud syndicates.
(ANI)
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