USCIS panja on motels

[Coconut]

USCIS Assists Federal Operation Targeting Nebraska Human Trafficking Ring at Area Hotels

Release Date 

08/15/2025

At least one defendant is charged with U visa fraud-related charges

OMAHA, Neb. — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies during a coordinated operation targeting a human trafficking ring operating in Omaha-area hotels.

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that five people were charged by complaint for a range of federal violations that center around their alleged conspiracy to engage in labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and harboring of aliens at several hotel locations across the Omaha metro area and into central Nebraska. The defendants own, operate, and manage several hotels in the Omaha metro area.

The five charged and arrested are:

• Kentakumar Chaudhari, a/k/a Ken Chaudhari, age 36, of Elkhorn, NE;
• Rashmi Ajit Samani, a/k/a Falguni Samani, age 42, of Elkhorn, NE;
• Amit Prahladbhai Chaudhari, a/k/a Amit, age 32, of Omaha;
• Amit Babubhai Chaudhari, a/k/a Matt, age 33, of Omaha; and
• Maheshkumar Chaudhari, a/k/a Mahesh, age 38, of Norfolk, NE.

Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners worked together to safely execute search warrants at 14 business premises and two residential locations associated with the defendants.

During the operation, 10 minors were rescued from an alleged labor trafficking conspiracy that involved putting children under the age of 12 to work at hotels for long hours with little to no pay. Seventeen adult victims were also rescued from the same conspiracy. The complaint affidavit details the allegedly exploitative conditions these victims were subjected to while being required to pay the defendants for their lodging at the hotels.

The U. S. Attorney’s Office has alleged that one or more of the defendants were engaged in a sex trafficking conspiracy that allegedly victimized both minors and adults, and multiple defendants are alleged to have maintained these hotels as premises to conduct drug trafficking freely.

At least one of the defendants is charged with a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government by instigating a criminal scheme designed to fraudulently obtain U visas. The U nonimmigrant status (U visa) is set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful to law enforcement or government officials in the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity.

The complaint further alleges one defendant engaged in conversations about the cost to bring someone from India to America and alleges that aliens were being transported by co-conspirators between Nebraska and Washington for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining Washington state driver’s licenses for around $1,000 per document.

U.S. Attorney Woods commended the unparalleled investigative coordination and accomplishment of this case achieved by the combined efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office, the Omaha Police Department, the Nebraska State Patrol, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Branch, the United States Marshals Service, and the Nebraska State Attorney General’s Office. USCIS assistance included furnishing immigration status updates and verifying immigration documentation.

The redacted complaint affidavit contains a more complete summary of the allegations. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

This is an ongoing federal investigation. The FBI requests anyone having additional information on the crimes occurring at these locations or other business locations in Nebraska where similar crimes occurred, contact the Omaha FBI field office.

[Moon_Walker]

Gujjulu ayina manavalle unnaru list lo...

[pushpa1]

oreyy karpooram and jatka saroja vellu mana vallu kaadu...me dhed burra ki ardam kadu kada...poyi useeis meeda yuddham prakatincheeru maa vallane arrest sestara ani..

• Kentakumar Chaudhari, a/k/a Ken Chaudhari, age 36, of Elkhorn, NE;
• Rashmi Ajit Samani, a/k/a Falguni Samani, age 42, of Elkhorn, NE;
• Amit Prahladbhai Chaudhari, a/k/a Amit, age 32, of Omaha;
• Amit Babubhai Chaudhari, a/k/a Matt, age 33, of Omaha; and
• Maheshkumar Chaudhari, a/k/a Mahesh, age 38, of Norfolk, NE.

 

[JANASENA]

2010-2012 lo okka gujju gaani motel lo nenu worked adi kooda Omaha lo ne 

May be these ppl are relatives to my owner 

[baabaa]

Chaudhari/Chowdhary power 😀

 

 

 

[Bendapudi_english]

5 minutes ago, baabaa said:

Chaudhari/Chowdhary power 😀

 

 

 

Both are different no

[Paamu]

24 minutes ago, Bendapudi_english said:

Both are different no

Muslims lo kooda e chowdary untadi no ?

[Joker_007]

These are not Telugu pulkhas they are gujjus notorious for fraud and organized crime 

[akkum_bakkum]

20 hours ago, Paamu said:

Muslims lo kooda e chowdary untadi no ?

Dentlo aina edise batch vuntadiga…kalthi yesu teds

[Konebhar6]

On 8/15/2025 at 11:13 AM, baabaa said:

Chaudhari/Chowdhary power 😀

 

 

 

These are North Indian chaudhary. Jats, rajputs and other communities have this surname. 

[Konebhar6]

On 8/15/2025 at 11:43 AM, Paamu said:

Muslims lo kooda e chowdary untadi no ?

No, unless they converted and kept surname. But typical jats, rajputs and other communities from haryana, rajasthan, Delhi, UP

[akkum_bakkum]

18 minutes ago, Konebhar6 said:

No, unless they converted and kept surname. But typical jats, rajputs and other communities from haryana, rajasthan, Delhi, UP

Paki muslims also have choudhari last name va

[Konebhar6]

26 minutes ago, akkum_bakkum said:

Paki muslims also have choudhari last name va

Converted I guess during Mughal rule

[yslokesh]

20 hours ago, Joker_007 said:

These are not Telugu pulkhas they are gujjus notorious for fraud and organized crime 

Both are the same in this aspect antunna @Android_Halwa

[yslokesh]

14 hours ago, Konebhar6 said:

Converted I guess during Mughal rule

Lot of Bengali hindus and muslims also have this title.