Indian diplomat whose arrest and strip-search in NYC is indicted again
The Indian diplomat whose arrest sparked a diplomatic row with India has again been indicted by the federal government and faces arrest if she returns to the United States, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Devyani Khobragade faces one count of visa fraud and one count of making false statements for allegedly lying on a visa application about how much she paid her housekeeper, according to the indictment filed in a Manhattan federal court Friday.
An arrest warrant also was issued, said Jerika Richardson, spokeswoman for the United States attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.
The fresh indictment comes just days after the original indictment against Khobragade was dismissed by a federal judge who agreed with her lawyers' assertion that she was protected under diplomatic immunity at the time of the first indictment.
Federal prosecutors signaled Monday that a new indictment was likely.
Khobragade, who left the United States in January, now works for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/14/justice/indian-diplomat-indicted/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
The Indian diplomat whose arrest sparked a diplomatic row with India has again been indicted by the federal government and faces arrest if she returns to the United States, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Devyani Khobragade faces one count of visa fraud and one count of making false statements for allegedly lying on a visa application about how much she paid her housekeeper, according to the indictment filed in a Manhattan federal court Friday.
An arrest warrant also was issued, said Jerika Richardson, spokeswoman for the United States attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.
The fresh indictment comes just days after the original indictment against Khobragade was dismissed by a federal judge who agreed with her lawyers' assertion that she was protected under diplomatic immunity at the time of the first indictment.
Federal prosecutors signaled Monday that a new indictment was likely.
Khobragade, who left the United States in January, now works for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/14/justice/indian-diplomat-indicted/index.html?hpt=hp_t3