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ICE Arrests Indian Truck Driver With Federal Fraud Warrant
US immigration officers arrested a truck driver named Simranpal Singh.
The arrest happened on September 4 in Newberry, Pennsylvania.
Officers were checking commercial vehicles at a weigh station.
Singh showed them a commercial driver’s licence from New York.
Officials then identified him as an Indian national.
The Department of Homeland Security said he was not legally allowed to remain in the United States.
Officials also said there was a federal warrant accusing him of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
He was taken into custody by immigration officers.
ICE arrested Indian national Simranpal Singh on September 4 in Pennsylvania.
Singh was stopped during commercial vehicle inspections at a Newberry weigh station.
He presented a commercial driver’s licence issued by New York.
DHS said Singh was unlawfully present in the United States.
Authorities said he had an outstanding federal warrant for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
- Who
- Simranpal Singh, an Indian national, was arrested by an officer of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia office.
- What
- Singh was arrested after authorities identified him as unlawfully present in the United States and found an outstanding federal warrant for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
- Where
- A commercial vehicle weigh station in Newberry, Pennsylvania.
- When
- September 4.
- Why
- He was taken into custody after presenting a New York commercial driver’s licence and being identified as unlawfully present, with an outstanding federal warrant also reported.
Key facts
- Name
- Simranpal Singh
- Nationality
- Indian
- Arrest date
- September 4
- Location
- Newberry, Pennsylvania
- Licence
- Commercial driver’s licence issued by New York
- Warrant
- Federal warrant for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud
- Arresting agency
- US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia
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