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NEWARK, N.J. – Ashish Bajaj, a 29-year-old Indian national, was sentenced on Thursday to 33 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution for his role in an international conspiracy that targeted elderly victims in New Jersey and across the United States.
Bajaj and his co-conspirators defrauded elderly victims by impersonating government officials and tricking them into transferring funds to the conspirators.
The scheme involved threats of legal consequences, making it difficult for authorities to trace the money. Bajaj pleaded guilty on August 4, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark federal court to an information charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
