Wanted fraudster Angad Chandhok brought back from US by CBI

Alleged fraudster Angad Singh Chandhok, who had an Interpol Red Notice against him, was deported from the US on Saturday in an operation "closely coordinated" by the CBI, officials said. He was brought to the Indira Gandhi International Airport where the CBI detained him and later put him under arrest, they said. He was produced before a special court which sent him to judicial custody. Chandhok is accused of orchestrating a multi-million-dollar tech support fraud targeting senior American citizens through a network of shell companies. He was convicted by a US court in 2022 in connection with large-scale online fraud. Chandhok was also wanted in India for fraud cases, as per the statement. 
He allegedly operated a long-running and complex money laundering network, in which he created and used shell companies to move millions of dollars stolen from Americans through an online tech support scheme, and later an online travel fee scheme. Chandhok and his associates allegedly defrauded Americans – many of them elderly – of their life savings by posing as tech support providers. According to a US Department of Justice statement after his conviction in 2022, he was sentenced to six years in federal prison.“An Indian national who sought asylum in the United States and then played a critical role in ensuring that an international tech-support scheme succeeded in defrauding Americans, many of them elderly, of their life savings, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison," said US Attorney Zachary A Cunha.
His return represents a major milestone in India’s ongoing efforts to pursue economic fugitives who escape justice by fleeing overseas. It also highlights the growing collaboration between Indian and international law enforcement agencies – especially with the United States – in addressing financial crimes that have cross-border ramifications.