Two Louisiana men to be sentenced Monday in immigration fraud scheme

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A former Forest Hill police chief and an Oakdale businessman are scheduled to be sentenced Monday for their connection to an immigration fraud scheme.

Former Forest Hill Police Chief Glynn Dixon and Oakdale businessman Chandrakant Patel are scheduled to appear at 3 p.m. in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on Monday, November 9th, according to federal court filings. The two previously pleaded guilty.

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Investigators say Patel paid law enforcement officials to make fake crime reports that listed foreign nationals as victims so they could stay in the U.S.

Dixon faces up to five years in prison. Patel faces up to 15 years.

Previous Sentencing

The pair are only two of the five total men who pleaded guilty in the federal court case. Former Oakdale Police Chief Chad Doyle, former city marshal Michael “Freck” Slaney and former Glenmora Police Chief Tebo Onishea were sentenced earlier this year in connection with the years-long fraud scheme.

Doyle and Slaney were both sentenced to five years each on one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud with forfeiture allegations. Both were also fined $30,000.

Onishea was sentenced to five years in prison on one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud.

Court filings show Patel and Dixon’s sentencing was delayed from the original date of October 22nd.