6 men charged with staging string of Chicago area robberies to get immigration visas

Six men have been charged with staging a string of armed robberies across Chicago and its surrounding suburbs so that the victims of these allegedly fake crimes could apply for special U.S. immigration visas reserved for crime victims, federal authorities said Friday.

The two men accused of organizing and carrying out the staged robberies were identified as Parth Nayi, 26, of Woodridge, Illinois, and Kewon Young, 31, of Mansfield, Ohio, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois said.