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| Louisiana Police Chiefs Plead Guilty in Ten-Year Migrant Visa Fraud Scheme |
| 2026-07-14 |
| [BB] Four high-ranking police officers in Louisiana have pleaded guilty in connection with a decade-long visa fraud scheme spearheaded by a migrant from India that offered illegal aliens legal immigration status for cash payments. “These defendants’ disgraceful fraud endangered our community and undermined the public trust in the immigration system solely to line their own pockets,” United States Attorney Zachary A. Keller said in a June 30 press release. The police officers who pleaded guilty include Glynn Dixon, the former Forest Hill Police chief; Tebo Onishea, chief of the Glenmora Police Department; Chad Doyle, Oakdale’s police chief; and Oakdale Ward 5 Marshal Michael Slaney. Each was charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud and mail fraud and faces up to five years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana. Prosecutors also arrested Indian national Chandrakant Patel and fingered him as the mastermind of the migrant scam. Patel faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted. The conspiracy scheme involved the U-Visa program in which migrants are given legal U.S. residency if they report serious crimes to the police. Congress launched the U-Visa program in the year 2000 to encourage members of migrant communities to report serious crimes in their neighborhoods without fear of deportation as a way to help make them feel safer when reporting crimes. The program also aims to help police departments bust criminals in areas in which they often do not get much help from witnesses. Related: Visa fraud 07/10/2026 Fury erupts as US brand [MSFT] fires 1,600 employees after securing thousands of foreign worker visas Visa fraud 07/10/2026 Trump Admin Opens Sweeping H-1B Visa Fraud Investigation Visa fraud 04/05/2026 So the Chinese Think He Was Putinized? |
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