Indian arrested in online sex sting after US undercover agent poses as 13 year old NTC
An Indian citizen has been arrested in Florida, America. The allegation was that he was trying to make a minor a victim of sexual exploitation. According to the US Attorney’s Office, he has been found guilty and has also confessed to his crime. The story of his arrest is interesting. An undercover agent cleverly caught him.
The Indian national found guilty of attempted sexual assault has been identified as 24-year-old Kirtan Patel. He was found guilty of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. Kirtan Patel will be sentenced to a minimum sentence of 10 years, which can be extended up to life imprisonment.
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Kirtan Patel was talking to an undercover agent!
According to the petition, between May 22 and 24, 2024, Kirtan Patel communicated online with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. He was actually communicating with an undercover special agent in the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), who had pretended to be a minor online.
Undercover agent called Kirtan Patel after giving him his location.
Kirtan Patel had sexually explicit conversation with an undercover agent. For example, the undercover agent was conducting a sting operation when the Indian citizen talked to him. The agent told her her age was 13 years and then Kirtan Patel allegedly coaxed her into sexual activity.
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According to the US Attorney’s Office in Florida, Patel was last arrested when he went to a location in Marion County in the north central region of the US state of Florida to engage in sexual activity with a minor.
