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Devyani re-indicted in US visa fraud case

New York, March 13
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was re-indicted on US visa fraud charges today. A US court had yesterday dismissed an earlier indictment.

Federal prosecutors charged the diplomat with visa fraud and making false statements about the visa application of her domestic help. They also accused her of "illegally" underpaying and "exploiting" her domestic maid.

The fresh indictment, filed by the office of India-born US prosecutor Preet Bharara in a federal court in Manhattan, charges that Khobragade submitted to the US State Department an employment contract of her domestic worker which she knew contained “fraudulent statements”.

The 21-page indictment states that the diplomat "knowingly made" multiple false representations and presented false information to US authorities in order to obtain a visa for a personal domestic worker. — PTI