🚨BREAKING: A suburban Chicago man was just sentenced to two years in federal prison for organizing hundreds of staged armed robberies so fake “victims” could apply for U-visas.
Parth Nayi, 29, of Woodridge, ran the scheme from 2022 to 2024. He recruited people, paid store owners to use their businesses, coordinated fake robbers, and coached the participants. Each fake victim paid him $5,000 to $30,000.
The staged robberies happened at coffee shops, restaurants, liquor stores, and gas stations across the country so the “victims” could claim they were crime victims and apply for the special visas meant for real victims who help law enforcement.
Judge Mary Rowland sentenced him to two years — a year more than prosecutors requested — and fined him $50,000. Prosecutors called him the main organizer at the center of nearly every staged robbery and said he significantly corrupted the U-visa program.
This is what happens when the system is not checked. The Department of Justice is now checking.