A federal jury in Seattle convicted 38-year-old Harbans Singh of Kent guilty of three federal felony counts related to false statements during his visa application and asylum interview.
According to a press release from the US Department of Justice on September 3, the jury deliberated for approximately two hours after the two-day trial before reaching a verdict.
According to the records submitted in the case and testimony at trial, Singh was arrested twice in the UK in November 2014 for three cases of sexual contact with young girls while riding on a public bus. Only six days after the second arrest, Singh applied for a visa to the United States. In his visa application, he stated that he had never been arrested for a crime. Based on this false statement, Singh obtained a visa and went to the United States in January 2015.Singh did not board the flight back to the UK
In July 2015, Singh applied for asylum in the United States. In his asylum application, Singh did not disclose any information about the allegations of sexual assault in the UK. Then, in an interview in September 2017, Singh denied again, this time it was an oath. , He was arrested or charged in the UK
While Singh was in the United States, he was convicted in absentia in the United Kingdom for crimes related to illegal contact with minors. He was sentenced in absentia to one year in prison.
Singh has been in immigration detention since his arrest in July 2020. These charges are punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
