Ex-Louisiana police chief pleads guilty in fraud scheme
A former Louisiana police chief has pleaded guilty for his role in a yearslong scheme that used fake police reports to fraudulently obtain U visas for immigrants, according to federal officials.
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... Glynn Dixon, 62, the former police chief of Forest Hill, pleaded guilty June 30 to conspiracy involving bribery, visa fraud and mail fraud, said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations. His plea follows guilty pleas from co-defendants Chandrakant Patel, former Oakdale Police Chief Chad Doyle, former Glenmora Police Chief Tebo Onishea and Oakdale Ward 5 Marshal Mike Slaney. Alexander Van Hook, the acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, said that from December 2015 to July 2025, Patel allegedly recruited immigrants seeking to remain in the U.S. and then paid police chiefs to create fake incident reports. ...
His plea follows guilty pleas from co-defendants Chandrakant Patel, former Oakdale Police Chief Chad Doyle, former Glenmora Police Chief Tebo Onishea and Oakdale Ward 5 Marshal Mike Slaney.
Alexander Van Hook, the acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, said that from December 2015 to July 2025, Patel allegedly recruited immigrants seeking to remain in the U.S. and then paid police chiefs to create fake incident reports. ...
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