Indian-origin man gets 33 months in jail for mail fraud and embezzlement in US

New York: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.6 million in restitution for being convicted of mail fraud and embezzlement. Dinesh Shankar, 41 of San Jose was sentenced for embezzling from a medical device company.

According to plea agreement, from March 2013 until Jan. 2018, Shankar was an employee of a medical device company. Beginning July 2013 until Dec. 2017, he submitted false expense reports and false invoices to the company, causing the firm to pay more than half a million dollars in excess of the legitimate expenses and expenditures for services provided to the company.