Indian National Accused In $7.5M Elder Fraud Scheme Nabbed At Airport During Escape Bid

From US court to Canadian border in 24 hours: Gujarat man in $7.5M fraud case caught before Doha flight

Jay Sunilbharthi Goswami was part of an alleged elaborate Internet- and telephone-based fraud scheme that preyed on elderly people in western New York and elsewhere in the United States

Indian National Accused In $7.5M Elder Fraud Scheme Nabbed At Airport During Escape Bid

Canadian authorities detained Jay Sunilbharthi Goswami, a 21-year-old Indian national living in New Jersey, at Toronto Pearson International Airport one day after a federal magistrate judge released him on pretrial conditions, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Investigators found a booking for Goswami on a flight to Qatar scheduled to depart that evening. A criminal complaint accuses Goswami of serving as a courier in an internet- and teleph…

Jersey City Man Held After Fleeing $7.5M Elder Fraud Case

A 21-year-old Indian national living in Jersey City was granted pretrial release on federal fraud charges in Rochester last week, only to slip across the Peace Bridge into Canada the very next day and book a flight to Doha, Qatar. Canadian authorities detained Jay Sunilbharthi Goswami at Toronto Pearson International Airport before he could board that flight, halting what prosecutors describe as an escape attempt in the middle of a $7.5 million …