
The scope of the criminal fraud enterprise required the conspirators to construct an elaborate network of false identities. The scheme caused more than $200 million in confirmed losses to businesses and financial institutions. The scheme involved a three-step process in which the defendants would make up a false identity by creating fraudulent identification documents and a phony credit profile with the major credit bureaus pump up the credit of the false identity by providing bogus information about that identity’s creditworthiness then borrow or spend as much as they could without repaying the debts. He is one of the last 22 defendants to be sentenced in this scheme. Verma was originally charged in February 2013 as part of a conspiracy to fabricate more than 7,000 false identities to obtain tens of thousands of credit cards. Sat Verma previously pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of access device fraud.Īccording to documents filed and statements made in court: JanuIselin, NJ resident Sat Verma (65) was sentenced to one year in prison Januin $200 Million international credit card fraud conspiracy. Celebrations also take place in other states of USA like Florida, California and New York on a much smaller scale.Sat Verma Sentenced to Prison for Credit Card Fraud


Besides the locals thousands of people travel to Illinois from other cities travel to be a part of this great festival. The biggest celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi in USA, takes place at Sai Samstan, which is a Hindu society based out of Illinois. After ten days of celebrations the idol is finally immersed in the Pacific Ocean near Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.


In the Bay area of USA, Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated by a joint initiative of three organisations namely The Bay Area Telugu Association (BATA), Maharashtra Mandal, and Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) at the Fremont Hindu Temple. This community arranges for the celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi in all major cities where they have branches.The biggest celebrations take place at the Philadelphia Ganesh Festival, which is organised primarily by the Marathi community of the state.Celebrations include cultural programmes and singing of devotional songs, accompanied by a colourful procession on the day of visarjan. Most of the Hindu festivals in USA are held in different temples by the Hindu Swamsevak Sangh.
