Newsinc24 Team 
In USA, three Pakistani nationals are among 16 persons facing charges of illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration and election-related crimes, the Department of Justice said on Monday. The cases include voting by aliens in federal elections, false claims of US citizenship to register to vote, voting on behalf of the deceased, voting multiple times in the same election, false statements on citizenship applications, and unlawful procurement of citizenship, the Justice Department said. The Pakistani nationals were identified as Jamil Ahmad, 50, Nighat Jamil, 47 (both Pennsylvania) and Arshed Zuberi, 69, from Ohio. Zuberi, also a lawful permanent resident, has been charged by criminal complaint with illegally voting in a federal election as an alien. He allegedly registered to vote in September 2015 and August 2016. Voting records from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections show that Zuberi voted in at least six elections, the Department of Justice said.
????️ Today the Justice Department announced charges involving 16 individuals, including an illegal alien, in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes across the country. The cases include: • Voting by aliens in federal elections • False claims of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote or to vote • Voting on behalf the deceased • Voting multiple times in the same election • False statements on citizenship applications • Unlawful procurement of citizenship Read more about EACH election crime case here: https://t.co/5HCE7jv8R4
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) October 12, 2026
Among the other accused are nationals of Cuba, Canada, Britain, Portugal, Poland and the Philippines. In Idaho, Canadian national Stanley Walton, 82, was charged with unlawfully voting in the 2022 general election. In Kentucky, another Canadian lawful permanent resident, Sandra Madeline Watson, 59, faced a charge of illegally voting in a federal election.
In New Jersey, Lizabeth Almonte Rosa, 24, a naturalised American citizen originally from the Dominican Republic, was charged with voting while not a citizen and unlawfully procuring citizenship. Forrest Scott Woody, 68, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, has been charged with illegally voting more than once.
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