Two Indian-origin men, Mihir Patel and Himanshubhai Barot, have been charged in a major mail fraud that took place in 2021 when the duo called people across the US, claiming they were from law enforcement or other organizations. They asked their victims to send them large amounts of cash, between $10,000 to $30,000, by mail to specific businesses in Central Georgia. The court records, as reported by Georgia's 13WMAZ, revealed that this scheme, which they ran for 15 days between March 1 and March 15, 2021, was successful. At least seven victims sent money from other states to Georgia's Houston County and Bibb County, as part of the scam. They were told that they had to send the money to protect their "legal and financial interests".
The prosecutors revealed the exact trail of the money -- where it was sent from and its destination.
