ATLANTA (Diya TV) — Federal authorities arrested an Indian-American couple on money laundering charges for allegedly orchestrating phone scams that cost 24 victims in excess of $400,000. Mehulkumar Patel and Chitali Dave are both are 36 years old. The Department of Justice says they used callers from India to trick victims they were at risk for arrest, their Social Security number was compromised and their assets would be repossessed if cash wasn’t mailed to them and other members of their fraud network.
President Trump was interrupted by the Secret Service in the middle of a White House press briefing after shots were fired outside the building. Trump returned a few minutes later to confirm the shooting. The Secret Service said the incident began when a 51-year-old man approached an officer near the White House.
Prominent law firm Susman Godfrey elected Kalpana Srinivasan its new managing partner. Srinivasan, replacing firm founder and managing partner Stephen Susman who passed away in July. Srinivasan is a member of the South Asian Bar Association.
Ravi Kapur contributed to this report.
