Indian National Indicted for Threatening to Kill a Victim Living in Canada

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Jasmeet Singh, 30, an Indian national who had been living in Fresno, charging him with transmitting threats to injure another person, United States Attorney Eric Grant announced.

According to court documents, on May 27, 2024, Singh sent multiple threats to a victim living in Canada, threatening to kill the victim because of that victim's prior cooperation with Indian law enforcement. Singh sent the victim a picture of the victim's car in front of the victim's residence, told the victim he knew the victim's daily habits, including the type of coffee the victim drank, and that the victim could not run because Singh and his associates would kill him/her.

This case was the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Langley Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, with assistance from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations. Assistant United States Attorney Adrian T. Kinsella is prosecuting the case.

Singh is currently detained in federal custody while awaiting trial.

If convicted, Singh faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables. The charges are only allegations; the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.