Authorities said the group would file false police reports, identifying an immigrant as a crime victim, thereby qualifying them to apply for a U-visa.

Patel himself had previously obtained a U Visa, making his central role in the conspiracy especially striking. The program was designed to protect vulnerable crime victims, but officials say Patel ...

One of four Central Louisiana law enforcement leaders arrested this week for their alleged involvement in an immigration fraud scheme is still on the job, our news partners at KPLC-TV report. Oakdale ...

The man and four U.S. law enforcement officials, including three police chiefs, were charged with committing visa fraud in Louisiana ...

Columnist Will Sutton weighs in on the Louisiana bribery and fake police report scam announced by federal and other law ...

The case has drawn widespread attention amid broader immigration enforcement actions under the Donald Trump administration, ...

What if the very officials sworn to enforce the law themselves commit a monstrous fraud? In Louisiana, three serving and ...

The wife of a Louisiana police chief, who was charged amid a sweeping federal investigation into an immigration visa fraud ...

Three current and former police chiefs, a marshal and a business owner were charged with falsifying police reports in a years ...

The roles of some of the State Department employees fired last week overlap with priorities that President Donald Trump has ...

The police chiefs of Oakdale and Forest Hill were among those accused of filing false reports that allowed migrants to apply ...

The police chiefs worked with a business owner to help hundreds of people get U visas intended for crime victims.