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'They come to steal': Indian sentenced to 18 years in prison for scamming senior citizens in US, overstayed student visa

A 23-year-old Indian man, Atharva Shailesh Sathawane, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after he was found guilty of scamming elders in Florida. The sentence was announced in January but the case has now come to the attention of MAGA commentators as their anti-India sentiment becomes louder over incidents of visa abuse and other instances of fraud. "An Indian illegal brought in under Biden has just been sentenced to 18 YEARS in prison for stealing $15 MILLION from elderly victims. They keep telling us these people come for a better life. BS. In reality, they come to steal from grandma," Right-wing commentator Nick Sortor wrote on X.

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