maniac Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Devyani Khobragade, deputy consul general at the Indian consulate in New York, was arrested on charges that she allegedly presented fraudulent documents to the United States State Department in support of a visa application for an Indian national employed as a babysitter and housekeeper at her home in Manhattan. The arrest of Khobragade, who is currently employed as the Deputy Consul General for Political, Economic, Commercial and Women’s Affairs at the Consulate General of India in New York, was announced Thursday by Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. “Foreign nationals brought to the US to serve as domestic workers are entitled to the same protections against exploitation as those afforded to US citizens. The false statements and fraud alleged to have occurred here were designed to circumvent those protections so that a visa would issue for a domestic worker who was promised far less than a fair wage. This type of fraud on the United States and exploitation of an individual will not be tolerated,†Bhahara said. The 39-year-old Indian official was charged with one count of visa fraud and one count of making false statements, which carry maximum sentences of ten years and five years in prison, respectively. Khobragade is expected to appear on Thursday afternoon before US Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Arent these folks protected by diplomatic immunity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 The Visa Application stated that the Indian worker employed by Khobragade was to be paid USD 4,500 per month. According to an employment contract, Khobragade would pay the domestic help the prevailing or minimum wage, whichever is greater, resulting in an hourly salary of USD 9.75. However, the domestic help worked for Khobragade as a household employee from approximately November 2012 through approximately June 2013. The domestic help worked far more than 40 hours per week and was paid less than USD 9.75 per hour. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131213/news-current-affairs/article/indias-deputy-consul-general-devyani-khobragade-arrested-us-visa 54k for a babysitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131213/news-current-affairs/article/indias-deputy-consul-general-devyani-khobragade-arrested-us-visa 54k for a babysitter? The indian govt. is footing the bill, so who cares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Manhattan US attorney Preet Bharara announced the arrest of Devyani Khobragade, who is India's deputy consul general for political, economic, commercial and women's affairs at the Consulate General of India in New York, saying, "Foreign nationals brought to the United States to serve as domestic workers are entitled to the same protections against exploitation as those afforded to United States citizens." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indian-diplomat-in-New-York-arrested-for-visa-fraud-underpaying-housekeeper/articleshow/27253207.cms This is the same guy who made the case against Rajat Gupta and Raj Rajaratnam. She is doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 She is Powerful,educated and cute...good probability she will go unpunished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Its very tempting for desis to get cheap domestic help from India to Aus/US etc. I think everybody knows that its illegal to get anybody to work below min wage, plus desi domestic helps are working almost 16hrs a day which again is illegal in most countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbestfriend Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Apparently she has some involvement in Adarsh scam too .. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-06/mumbai/32565598_1_adarsh-case-govt-land-oshiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131213/news-current-affairs/article/indias-deputy-consul-general-devyani-khobragade-arrested-us-visa 54k for a babysitter? how that is 54 K ? Working hours would be limited to 8 hours or so. So total it would be around 25-30 K annually. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/women-advocate-paid-housekeeper-peanuts-feds-article-1.1546336 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/indian-diplomat-arrested-in-us-for-alleged-visa-fraud-handcuffed-in-public-458143?pfrom=home-lateststories She earns $4K a month but is able to post a $250K bail? Do the maths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhunaeh Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/indian-diplomat-arrested-in-us-for-alleged-visa-fraud-handcuffed-in-public-458143?pfrom=home-lateststories She earns $4K a month but is able to post a $250K bail? Do the maths. A diplomat's paid just 4000 usd a month? no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 A diplomat's paid just 4000 usd a month? no way. See gets more than 100 K per annum in Salary. Additionally gets a luxury apartment paid for by Indian Government in New York. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/women-advocate-paid-housekeeper-peanuts-feds-article-1.1546336 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 The US has thrown all protocol and niceties to the wind by arresting a senior Indian diplomat and handcuffing her on the street (!) while she was dropping off her daughter to school. An unbelievable snub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 The US has thrown all protocol and niceties to the wind by arresting a senior Indian diplomat and handcuffing her on the street (!) while she was dropping off her daughter to school. An unbelievable snub. and we talk about diplomatic immunity.:haha: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theindian Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Its really terrible... These kind of activity did by reputed peoples are just shameless... Why did they do so is still a wonder..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 The US has thrown all protocol and niceties to the wind by arresting a senior Indian diplomat and handcuffing her on the street (!) while she was dropping off her daughter to school. An unbelievable snub. Does she have diplomatic immunity? Regardless, the arrest should have not have been made in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 US envoy Nancy Powell summoned over arrest of India's Deputy Consul General in New York. Was bound to happen, no self respecting country can tolerate a senior diplomat being treated like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Someone in her position should ****ing know better. Hope she doesn't get let off easily. That Preet Bharara fellow really has balls :hatsoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Does she have diplomatic immunity? Regardless' date= the arrest should have not have been made in public.Absolute yes, unless India waives the immunity. This is not even a crime where India should consider waiving the immunity. If she had committed a murder or something serious like that, then it would be a different case. The US is totally out of line by arresting her like this without even hearing her out. This being said, there have been cases where US judges have refused to recognize diplomatic immunity. However, these were cases of grievous crimes like manslaughter etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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