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Nitin Shettie pled guilty to money laundering in exchange for an agreement that the government will not prosecute him on smuggling charges. In his plea agreement he confessed to being the leader of an immigrant smuggling ring that smuggled over 400 Indian nationals into the U.S. for payments of about $ 6 million. According to government documents, Shettie was also involved in two other rings responsible for smuggling over 7000 people into the U.S. since 1995. The plea carries a possible ten-year prison term. Shettie has already forfeited almost $ 500,000 that the government seized in two separate raids. Under the money laundering statute the government is also authorized to confiscate any cash or other assets known to have been acquired with smuggling profits. This is the most successful single prosecution resulting from the INS’ Operation Seek and Keep, a long-term investigation into alien smuggling. The operation has led to at least seventeen guilty pleas, and four trials are scheduled this spring.
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