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Washington: A major case of international fraud by an Indian-American jeweler has come to light in America. This accused was committing major customs fraud in the name of sending jewelery from India to Turkey and America. But now it has been caught by the investigating agencies. It is feared that till now it has committed a big fraud not only worth crores but even billions. Investigating agencies are gathering details of the fraud committed by this jeweler. At present the American court has framed charges on this.
It is being told that an Indian-American jeweler has been indicted for not paying customs duty on the import of jewelery worth millions of dollars in America. An American prosecutor gave this information. The accused, Monishkumar Kirankumar Doshi Shah (39), was arrested over the weekend. He was then presented before Judge Andre M. Espinosa in Newark federal court on February 26.
The accused got bail on a bond of 1 lakh US dollars.
Shah, alias “Monish Doshi Shah”, has been released on US$100,000 bond. The court has also said that he will remain under house arrest and will be monitored. Based on a complaint, he was booked for conspiracy to commit fraud and operating an unlicensed money remittance business. According to the documents, Shah was committing fraud to avoid customs duty in shipping jewelery from Turkey and India to the US between January 2015 and September 2023. (Language)
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