The U.S. District Attorney’s office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British Columbia and Washington state.
It says Rajat Rajat, an Indian citizen who lives in California, was indicted alongside three other people.
The office says the group was connected to at least two attempts at smuggling in late 2023 that involved eight Indian citizens.
The office says in a statement that U.S. District Judge Tana Lin noted that Rajat played a “critical role in the smuggling conspiracy, arranging travel and paying co-conspirators.”…