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Indian American involved in Super Bowl ticket scam arrested in California
Atlanta-based Ketan Shah duped many Super Bowl fans by “selling” them tickets but not delivering them.
Atlanta-based Ketan Shah duped many Super Bowl fans by “selling” them tickets but not delivering themWhile most of America was looking forward to supporting their favorite team in the Super Bowl, an Indian American man was allegedly busy plotting a scam to dupe the football lovers of thousands of dollars.
Ketan Shah, a 48-year-old Indian American businessman from Lawrenceville in the Atlanta area, has been arrested and charges with swindling many Super Bowl fans in a well-thought out ticket scam. Shah promised to sell tickets to buyers but failed to deliver them at all.
He was arrested on Tuesday at the Pechanga Casino and Resort in Temecula, California, according to police. Shah, a resident of Georgia’s Gwinett County, was wanted by police in a $1 million Super Bowl scam. He was reportedly missing since the incident and a casino worker in California, who recognized him helped in his arrest.
The news was first uncovered by Channel 2 investigative reporter Nicole Carr last week and quickly gained steam across America. By the time investigations began, Shah was reported missing and was traveling to different places. He is said to have gone to Las Vegas, Florida, Alabama, New Mexico and then disappeared again before being arrested at the casino.
Shah has been charged with felony theft by conversion. In the scam, he was able to dupe nearly half a dozen people who were offered to be sold Super Bowl tickets. Interestingly, according to the police, amongst the people whom Shah offered to sell the tickets at $5,000 each was Shah’s own mother.
The casino worker is said to have recognized Shah from a news story he saw on TV. Shah’s actions also became suspecting when he was found spending on expensive gifts for the woman he was with.
Shah is in custody currently in California and he will be extradited back to Gwinnett County. Shah is a director of the Georgia Indo American Chamber of Commerce. The chamber has since then suspended Shah from its board of directors, according to a statement posted on the website last week.
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Police arrest Ga. man accused of Super Bowl ticket scam
Police have arrested a prominent Atlanta-area businessman accused of exploiting Super Bowl fans out of tens of thousands of dollars as part of a ticket scam.
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NRI Pulse Staff Report
Atlanta, GA, February 1, 2019: Gwinnett County Police are looking for a prominent Indian-American businessman accused of bilking Super Bowl fans out of nearly one million dollars as part of a ticket scam.
According to local news reports, police are searching for Ketan Shah, owner of a printing business in Gwinnett, whose wife reported him missing on January 3.
WSB-TV reports Ketan Shah’s mother told police she lost $36,000 in the scam. John Brunetti tells WXIA-TV he lost $50,000. Both thought they were buying tickets from Shah to Sunday’s game in Atlanta. Several other victims have spoken to other local news channels.
Shah had reportedly also taken out a $500,000 loan against his digital printing business.
Police records obtained by WSB-TV note that Ketan Shah’s family believes he went to Las Vegas as part of a “mid-life crisis”.
“We’d certainly like to get his side and see if there’s something more … some trouble that he’s been in,” Gwinnett County PD spokesman Cpl. Wilbert Rundles told WSB-TV. “It’s a very odd situation that you would take people this close to you and scam this kind of money — any money — but especially this large of an amount, and then just disappear.”
Rundles told FOX 5 News Shah hasn’t been criminally charged because the Super Bowl hasn’t been played yet. After the Super Bowl is played, Shah faces numerous charges of theft by deception.
Shah, who had a seemingly squeaky-clean reputation, was known in the Indian-American community for his sense of humor and affable nature. He was on the board of the Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (GIACC) for several years. Shah was suspended from the board after fraud allegations surfaced on Thursday.
The GIACC website says: “The Executive Committee of GIACC has suspended Shah due to certain recent criminal allegations made against him. GIACC and its officers and directors have no connection to the personal actions taken by Mr. Shah and the Board remains committed to the mission of the organization.”
The Atlanta chapter of Pratham was launched on January 20, 2018 under Shah’s leadership. However, his name does not appear on their website anymore.
http://www.nripulse.com/prominent-indian-american-businessman-accused-in-super-bowl-ticket-scam-goes-missing/
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