San Diego Man Sentenced For Impersonating U.S. Government Defrauding Desperate Immigrants
Hardev Panesar, 71, entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors earlier this year on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, impersonation of a federal officer and evading financial reporting requirements. The San Diego judge, Gonzalo Curiel, said during the sentencing that Panesar’s was “one of the more serious cases this Court has handled” recently. “Mr. Panesar preyed on the most vulnerable… these are people who wanted to live and experience the American dream,” Curiel, the same judge who in 2016 was disparaged in racist attacks from President Donald Trump over his Mexican heritage, said....