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The accused was brought to the Indira Gandhi International Airport, where the CBI arrested him. He was produced in a special court from where he was sent to judicial custody.
New Delhi: On Saturday, the US handed over the absconding fraud to India by leaving the country by spending crores of union banks in India. The notice of Interpol Red Corner was issued against the fraudster. The Government of India had been fighting a long legal battle to hand over it for nine years. Officials said that the US handed over the fraudster Angad Singh Chandok to India in an operation on Saturday. He said that he was brought to Indira Gandhi International Airport, where the CBI arrested him. He was produced in a special court from where he was sent to judicial custody.
Interpol notice was issued against the accused in 2017
In 2014, the wanted Chandok fled to America with his family members to avoid the wanted legal action in a case of crores of fraud in 2014 with Union Bank of India. The accused, along with his father Surendra Singh, mother Harleen Kaur and brother Harsahib Singh, cheated Union Bank of India, causing a loss of crores to the bank. He was declared a criminal and the court issued an open -ended arrest warrant against him. In 2017, the CBI received the Interpol Red notice against him, which warns all member countries to locate and detain the desired person.
Money laundering network used to operate in America
After taking shelter in the US, Chandok joined a gang of criminals who carried out technical scams who were cheating American citizens including senior citizens. He used to send income earned through money laundering channels to his colleagues living in India. The US Department of Justice said in 2022 that it had run a money laundering network for a long time. He formed and used shell companies to transfer millions of dollars from online fraud. Chandok was sentenced to six years imprisonment by the Road Island court on charges of money laundering in 2022. The Department of Justice said that some Indian students living in America were also working on the instructions of Chandok. Chandok earned more than $ 1.5 million from criminal activities.
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