Indian extradited to US from Singapore in call centre fraud

Washington: Singapore has extradited an Indian national to the United States to face charges in a call centre fraud that scammed millions of dollars from victims in the United States, the Justice Depart­ment announced.

Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, 42, of Ahmedabad, India, was scheduled to be arraigned in a Houston, Texas federal court for his role in a case that was first announced in 2016, charging 60 people with wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.