Indian to lose US citizenship after being convicted of fraud
13 July 2017 10:03 PM IST
A 37-year-old man from India is set to lose his American citizenship after he was convicted of fraud and not disclosing to immigration authorities that he had sexually abused a 9-year-old child.
Gurpreet Singh of Watertown was sentenced in federal court in Syracuse to three months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, following a jury trial in January where he was convicted of knowingly obtaining US citizenship through unlawful naturalisation, Acting US Attorney said. Due to this conviction, Singh's US citizenship will be revoked by law.
The trial evidence showed that Singh, who is originally from India, repeatedly affirmed to United States Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) authorities that he had not committed any crimes for which he was not arrested.
Immigration authorities later learned that Singh sexually abused a 9-year-old child during the same time-period he was applying for US citizenship. Singh pled guilty in New York state court to a single count of sexual abuse of a minor child, after he had become a naturalised US citizen.
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