Petersburg police escort Shubham Patel, into the Petersburg Trial Court office on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
Two Indian nationals were arrested Monday in Petersburg in connection with an elaborate scam that defrauded a Petersburg resident of nearly $200,000, authorities said.
Shubham Patel, 24, and Harshilkumar J. Patel, 22, both face charges of Scheme to Defraud and Theft in the First Degree, Class B felonies carrying penalties of up to $100,000 in fines and up to 10 years in prison.
The arrests resulted from an investigation that began June 2 when a local resident reported being targeted by callers posing as federal officials, including a fake DEA agent using the alias "Sean Watson," according to t...
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