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USCIS Scam Fraudsters Arrested

 

Two Indians Alpeshkumar Patel, 30, and Vijaykumar Patel, 39 from Philadelphia were arrested by special agents of the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for indulging in money laundering scams. From September 2013 through March 2014, Alpeshkumar Patel and Vijaykumar Patel were indulged in stealing money using reloadable debit cards. According to the sources, they made about $5.8 million out of these scams.

These fraudsters would buy reloadable Green Dot Cards on some bogus names. Fraudsters had a team in India, who calls victims claiming to be a DHS or UCSIS officer. They used to threatens victims and ask them to buy MoneyPak cards which are widely available everywhere, to add funds to their Green Dot Cards. The fraudsters then transfer money into their bank accounts with these reloadable debit cards. All these things were done so quick making it difficult for law enforcement to identify or prevent or reverse these money laundering scams.

On September 10, 2013 a retail store manager in New Jersey received a call from an unknown person. The caller threatened the store manager that he has 5 minutes to agree to his demands or else bomb would explode. Then the caller demanded store manager to load 10 MoneyPak cards, each card worth $500 and provide him with PIN codes. As demanded by the caller the store manager provided PIN code for one card to the caller, by that time law enforcement arrived to the store and asked store manager to hang up the call and evacuated the store.

As store manager provided PIN code for one Moneypak card before law enforcement arrived, that $500 associated with a PIN was transferred to an existing prepaid reloadable Green Dot Card. This Green Dot Card was purchased by Alpeshkumar Patel and was caught in surveillance video while purchasing it in Philadelphia CVS. Vijaykumar Patel, used this Green Dot Card which was purchased by Alpeshkumar Patel  to purchase money orders in a Philadelphia Walmart and was caught on a surveillance video. They used these money orders to deposit funds in to a bank account.

If any website or a person requesting for payment via MoneyPak cards is likely a scam. So, be aware of this situation and avoid being a victim of these money laundering scams.

Source: http://h1bwiki.com/uscis-scam-fraudsters-arrested/

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I, Robert Sica, am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

("FBI"). I am fully familiar with the facts set forth herein based on my own 

investigation, my conversations with other law enforcement officers, and my 

review of reports, documents, and other evidence. Because this complaint is 

being submitted for a limited purpose, I have not set forth each and every fact 

that I know concerning this investigation. Where statements of others are 

related herein, they are related in substance and in part unless otherwise 

indicated. Where I assert that an event took place on a particular date, I am 

asserting that it took place on or about the date alleged. 

Summary of the Criminal Conspiracy 

1. The FBI is investigating an extortion scheme. Pursuant to the 

scheme, conspirators purchase prepaid reloadable debit cards and register them 

in a name other than the names of the conspirators. The conspirators then 

contact, typically by phone, victims, and, through threat or trickery, cause the 

victims to fund cards they control. The conspirators then sue the cards to 

fraudulently fund the prepaid debit cards. The conspirators then use the 

fraudulently funded prepaid debit cards to purchase money orders, which are, in 

turn, deposited into checking accounts. All of this is done quickly and before 

law enforcement or the· victims can identify the conspirators or reverse the 

fraudulent transfers to the prepaid debit cards. 

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Background 

2. At all times relevant to this complaint: 

a. Green Dot Corporation ("Green Dot") was an entity that, among 

other things, sold prepaid reloadable debit cards ("Green Dot Cards"). Green 

Dot Cards, once funded, could be used to make purchases. In order to fund a 

Green Dot Card individuals using the cards were first required to register the 

card telephonically or on-line by providing, inter alia, a name, address, telephone 

number, date of birth and social security number. 

b. There were several ways to fund a Green Dot Card. One involved 

the purchase of a MoneyPak card from retail stores such as Walgreens and CVS 

in amounts from $20.00 up to $500.00. Once purchased, the customer could, 

using a code (PIN number) on the back of the MoneyPak card, authorize a 

transfer of funds from the MoneyPak card to a prepaid debit card account. For 

instance, a customer that purchased a $500 MoneyPak could provide the PIN 

code associated with their MoneyPak to an individual who had a Green Dot Card

 

The Green Dot Card holder could then effect the transfer through Green Dot's 

website or by calling Green Dot's toll free number and providing both the Green 

Dot Card number and the MoneyPak PIN code. Because MoneyPaks could be 

purchased anonymously, they were favored by individuals engaged in criminal 

conduct. 

 

 

 

The Investigation 

3. On September 10, 2013, at 5:15p.m., a retail store located in 

New Jersey received a telephone call from an unknown caller. The caller stated 

that there was a bomb in the store and that the store manager had five minutes 

to comply with the caller's demands or the bomb would detonate. The caller 

then demanded that the manager load 10 $500 MoneyPaks and provide the 

caller with the associated PIN codes. In response, the manager provided the 

caller with the code for one $500 MoneyPak. Prior to the manager providing any 

additional codes, law enforcement arrived at the store, instructed the manager to 

hang up the phone, and evacuated the building. 

4. Law enforcement obtained the MoneyPak PIN code that the manager 

provided to the unknown caller. Green Dot records reveal that the $500 

associated with this code was transferred to an existing Green Dot Card. 

Records obtained from Green Dot further reveal that this Green Dot Card was 

purchased that same day at a CVS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

5. Surveillance video obtained from that CVS shows defendant 

ALPEHKUMAR PATEL in the CVS at the approximate time when the Green Dot 

Card was purchased. 

6. Records obtained from Green Dot further reveal that on September 

10, 2013, the Green Dot Card in question was used to purchase two MoneyGram 

money orders at a W almart in Pennsylvania. One money order was in the 

amount of $948.00 and the other was in the amount of $239.00. Video 

surveillance from the Walmart shows defendant VIJAYKUMAR PATEL 

purchasing these money orders. 

7. Records obtained from MoneyGram reveal that the two money 

orders were deposited into a bank account at a bank in Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania on September 11, 2013. The bank's video surveillance shows 

defendant VIJAYKUMAR PATEL depositing these money orders. 

 

 

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http://www.justice.gov/usao/nj/Press/files/pdffiles/2014/Patel,%20Alpeshkumar%20and%20Vijaykumar%20Complaint.pdf

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