Indian national gets 33-month jail term for defrauding elderly people in America

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Washington, Apr 7 (PTI) An Indian national in the US has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay USD 2.4 million for defrauding elderly people in America.

Ashish Bajaj, 29, pleaded guilty on August 4 last year before District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark federal court to information charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

He was sentenced to 33 months in prison, two years of supervised release and ordered to pay USD 2.4 million in restitution for his role in an international conspiracy that preyed on elderly victims in New Jersey and throughout the US, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.