Police chief in Louisiana, which are accused of making bribes for crime reports that enable migrants to request visas

Three current and former chief of police in Louisiana were accused of performing bribes in return for the creation of crime reports, which would enable migrants to apply for USVISA and stay in the country. A US marshal and a businessman were also charged.

All five defendants were charged with conspiracy to inspect Visa fraud, the prosecutors said in a press release.

The program lasted a decade when the businessman Chandrakant Patel allegedly worked as a fixer who procured the U-Visas with the help of law enforcement officers who created the reports mentioned.

U-visas are given victims of certain crimes that help the law enforcement authorities or government officials to investigate criminal prosecution. NBC News found that part of the application process requires the signature of an authorized civil servant or a law enforcement authority, which confirms that the applicant was actually the victim of a qualified crime.

In this context, people who contacted Patel would pay thousands of dollars to be described as “victims” in police reports of an armed robbery as “victim”. You would then apply for U-Visas. Law enforcement officers would also submit documents in exchange for 5,000 US dollars.

“There was an unusual concentration of armed robberies, a large number of armed robberies from people who did not come from Louisiana” Modus Operandi.

“Well, in fact, the armed robberies never took place, and the applications listed in the applications were never victims,” he added.

All defendants were arrested on Tuesday. All out of patel were published the following day. If they are convicted, the accused could get decades in prison and be instructed to pay hundreds of thousands of fines from dollars.