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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know News India Times (July 18, 2026 - July 24, 2026) July 24, 2026 8 Community Co-Conspirators Sentenced to 3 Years and Over 11 Years in Prison for Defrauding Thousands of Investors A Nevada man and a Canadian and British na- tional were sentenced today to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and 136 months in prison and three years of super- vised release, respectively, for participating in a scheme to defraud thousands of investors of tens of millions of dollars between 2018 and 2022. According to court documents, Neil Suresh Chandran, 54, a foreign national residing in Nevada and California, created companies that he falsely claimed were about to be purchased by a consortium of billionaires at extraor- dinary valuations. Chandran and others solicited more than $45 million from over 10,000 investors based on these false representations. Bryan Lee, 60, of Las Vegas, was the nominee owner and sole officer of ViMarket, a company controlled by Chandran, which received millions in investor funds. Lee knew the funds came from individual investors and knew that the representations made to those investors were false. Nonetheless, Chandran and Lee used investor funds for their own personal benefit, purchasing luxury cars and real estate. “Neil Chandran and Bryan Lee deceived thousands of investors, exploited their trust, and stole their money,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Jus- tice Department’s Criminal Division. “Those who deceive investors, lie, and steal will be investigated and prosecut- ed. These two fraudsters deserve the sentence imposed. Their victims suffered because of their greed.” “Schemes to defraud individual investors like the one carried out by Bryan Lee and Neil Suresh Chandran are personal crimes that have devastating consequences to the victims’ lives that last long after the crime is com- mitted, and the money is spent,” said U.S. Attorney Lesley A. Woods for the District of Nebraska. “It takes a particularly cold and calculating criminal to perpetrate these schemes and to continue to lie to victims to keep the scheme alive. Individuals who defraud victims in Nebraska and elsewhere will be held accountable under federal law.” “Chandran and Lee treated investor funds as their own personal piggy bank, using the money to purchase mul- tiple houses and dozens of luxury vehicles,” said Assistant Director in Charge Darren Cox of the FBIWashington Field Office. “Their sentences reflect the commitment of the agents and prosecutors who fought for justice for the thousands of investors whom the defendants swindled out of millions.” In April 2026, Chandran pleaded guilty to mail fraud and Lee pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. The FBI investigated the case. Trial Attorneys Adam L.D. Stempel, Anna Forgie, and Tian Huang of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section; Chelsea Rooney and Adrienne Rosen of the Criminal Division’s Money Laundering, Narcotics and Forfeiture Section; and Assistant U.S. Attorney Don Kleine for the District of Nebraska prosecuted the case.d. Justice Department Press Release Memphis Gynecologist Sanjeev Kumar Sentenced To 20 Years For Adulterating Medical Devices And Health Care Fraud Performed more than 15,000 biopsy procedures with adulterated devices on Medicare and Medicaid patients I n January of this year, Sanjeev Kumar, 45, was found guilty by a federal jury of 18 counts of adulteration of medi- cal devices, 16 counts of misbrand- ing medical devices, and 6 counts of health care fraud. On July 8, 2026, Kumar was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman to 240 months in prison with two years of supervised release. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for theWestern District of Tennessee, an- nounced the sentence. Evidence presented at the trial demon- strated that Kumar was a Mayo-trained gynecologic oncologist who operated Poplar Avenue Clinic, a women’s health clinic in Memphis, Tennessee. Single-use devices used to perform the hysteroscopy with biopsy procedure to diagnose endometrial cancer, which had specific methods to disinfect for re-use, were not followed by Kumar, according to the evidence presented. Kumar routinely failed to subject the reusable devices to vital reprocessing steps between patient use thereby en- dangering patient safety, the press release said. The single use devices, even if they had been correctly reprocessed, had to be labeled as such; and Kumar did not label them. Kumar used adulterated medical devices in more than 15,000 hysteroscopy with biopsy procedures on Medicare and Medicaid patients between September of 2019 and April of 2024. Kumar purchased less than 200 new hysteroscopes and 3 of the 6 single use graspers of a certain type he purchased in 2019 were still in use in the office in April 2024. Thousands of women were subject- ed to hysteroscopies with biopsy using the dirty devices, prosecutors proved. Kumar billed more than $41 million for the hysteroscopy with biopsy procedures between September 2019 and April 2024. He netted more than $4.8 million for this procedure fromMedicare and Medicaid alone. That amount does not include any hysteroscopy with biopsy procedures performed on patients with private health care insurance. A separate hearing to determine resti- tution has been set on October 2, 2026. This case was investigated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), the United States Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI), the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). By a StaffWriter FBI Issues “Wanted” Call For Nitish Kaushal, Alleging He Is An “Armed And Dangerous” Transnational Criminal T he US Federal Bureau of Investi- gation, FBI, has issued a wanted notice for 26 year-old Indian na- tional Nitish Kaushal, who it says, “is wanted for his alleged involvement in a transnational criminal organization en- gaged in, among other things, acts involv- ing murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking, extortion, weapons trafficking, money laundering, and human smuggling.” “This organization, known as the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organized Crime Group (the “Bhagwanpuria OCG”), originated in the Punjab state of India and operated in the Central District of California and elsewhere,” the announcement says. “Kaushal is alleged to have carried out acts of violence on behalf of the Bhagwan- puria OCG, including, but not limited to, kidnappings and assaults,” the FBI adds. On June 25, 2026, a federal arrest war- rant was issued for Kaushal in the United States District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, California, after he was charged with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Conspiracy,” the ‘wanted’ poster says. Warning that Kaushal, “SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGER- OUS AND AN ESCAPE RISK” the FBI said, “If you have any information concerning this individual, please contact your local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or you can submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.” PHOTO:FBI.GOV Nitish Kaushal. From FBI Wanted Poster