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Indian-American man accused of hiding $2.5 million fraud to keep US citizenship

International
Published on 9 May 2026
Indian-American man accused of hiding $2.5 million fraud to keep US citizenship

Court claims he lied about his past and kept fraud going

An Indian-American man, Debashis Ghosh, is facing US denaturalization proceedings after authorities allege he concealed involvement in a $2.5 million investor fraud scheme when applying for citizenship. Prosecutors say he misrepresented his criminal history and continued fraudulent activities even after becoming a citizen in 2012, as part of a push to revoke citizenship obtained illegally.

  • Debashis Ghosh faces denaturalization over alleged investor fraud
  • Authorities claim he misrepresented criminal history during citizenship
  • US officials say fraud continued after citizenship in 2012
  • The case is part of wider efforts to revoke illegally obtained citizenship
Read the full story at The Economic Times

This summarization was done by Beige for a story published on The Economic TimesThe Economic Times

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