Agency, Washington
Published by: Dev Kashyap
Updated Sun, 20 Feb 2022 04:58 AM IST
Summary
The US Justice Department said, 33-year-old Muhammad Atiq, a resident of Rawalpindi, worked in the Islamabad office of Home Health Care Consulting Company. $4 million) was paid.
A Pakistani who has been involved in fraud and money laundering of billions of rupees with Indian identities has been fined around Rs 350 crore ($48 million) in the US, along with 12 years in prison.
The US Justice Department said, 33-year-old Muhammad Ateeq, a resident of Rawalpindi, worked in the Islamabad office of Home Health Care Consulting Company. The company maintains records for 20 home health agencies in Illinois, Indiana, Nevada and Texas. Ateeq got the job of Home Health Agencies under many fake Indian names like Nilesh Patel, Sanjay Kapoor, Rajesh Desai. The agencies paid Rs 300 crore ($40 million) on his bogus bills.
Judge Manish Shah also ordered the forfeiture of about 25 crore rupees ($3.4 million) earned through fraud. The FBI said that Atiq used to deposit money through American bank accounts into his bank accounts opened in Pakistani banks.
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A Pakistani who has been involved in fraud and money laundering of billions of rupees with Indian identities has been fined around Rs 350 crore ($48 million) in the US, along with 12 years in prison.
The US Justice Department said, 33-year-old Muhammad Ateeq, a resident of Rawalpindi, worked in the Islamabad office of Home Health Care Consulting Company. The company maintains records for 20 home health agencies in Illinois, Indiana, Nevada and Texas. Ateeq got the job of Home Health Agencies under many fake Indian names like Nilesh Patel, Sanjay Kapoor, Rajesh Desai. The agencies paid Rs 300 crore ($40 million) on his bogus bills.
Judge Manish Shah also ordered the forfeiture of about 25 crore rupees ($3.4 million) earned through fraud. The FBI said that Atiq used to deposit money through American bank accounts into his bank accounts opened in Pakistani banks.