A woman in Kansas City was sentenced to 13 years behind bars for placing her one-month-old daughter in an oven instead of a crib. Mariah Thomas was sentenced for the felony charge of endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death. Who is Mariah Thomas? Kansas City mom sentenced to 13 years in prison … Read more
Aanand Shukla, of Texas, jailed for 5 years in tax fraud case. A Texas man of Indian origin has been sentenced to five years in prison for running a scheme that helped clients avoid paying taxes and facilitating the concealment of more than $27 million in income from the US government.Aanand Shukla was sentenced to … Read more
The US has sentenced Indian citizen Venkateswara Chagamreddy, who was living in the country on a student visa, to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud an elderly Vietnam veteran, the US Justice Department said. Indian student visa holder sentenced in US fraud case. (Representational photo) (Unsplash) Chagamreddy, 37, who … Read more
Sarah Khalifa has denied the charges An Egyptian court has sentenced 12 people, including television presenter Sarah Khalifa, to death after convicting them on drug charges.They were part of a “criminal gang” that imported ingredients used to manufacture drugs for sale. They were also found in possession of illegal firearms and ammunition, BBC reported citing … Read more
According to reports, Diaz Torriente was arrested in 2023 by the State Attorney’s Office Elder and Vulnerable Adult Exploitation Task Force after a four-month investigation. A Miami-Dade man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for exploiting a 94-year-old woman by pretending to be her son, draining her finances and putting himself on the title … Read more
An Iranian woman has been sentenced to death by hanging after she was accused of involvement in the arson of a grocery store she had photographed during anti-government protests in January.Leila Abolhasani, 43, mother of two, was arrested on January 8 in Shahin Shahr, a satellite city in Iran’s central Isfahan province, after taking pictures … Read more
Rishi Kapoor, a real estate developer of Indian descent, has received a sentence of 11 years and four months in prison from a US federal court due to a real estate fraud case that involved nearly $89 million, equivalent to approximately ₹745 crore. Rishi Kapoor is sentenced to 11 years in US prison for a … Read more
Gujarati man sentenced to 9 years in prison for financial fraud targeting elderly people. A Gujarati fraudster who was arrested in 2024 by the FBI for a massive elderly scam was sentenced to nine years in prison by US district court in Cleveland. Judge J Philip Calabrese sentenced Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary to 110 months in … Read more
Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, known for documenting protests and the lives of women in the country, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.Moaiery said the sentence was handed down by Iran’s Revolutionary Court under legislation introduced after the 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel in 2025. Iranian authorities say the law is intended to … Read more