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To Avoid Jail, Worcester Scammer Makes A Run For US-Canada Border To Avoid Jail, Worcester Scammer Makes A Run For US-Canada Border
To Avoid Jail, Worcester Scammer Makes A Run For Us-canada Border A Worcester man who scammed families out of more than $880,000 made a run to the Candian border to avoid his jail sentence but was foiled by the Mounties. Ashokkumar “Andy” Patel, formerly of Worcester and Plainville, was sentenced in September to 40 months in prison for his role in an international scheme that used high-pressure communications claiming to be from the IRS to squeeze people for money. On Thursday, Oct. 15, Patel was apprehended by the Candian Royal Mounted Police who found him diving into a border ditch in a blueberry field near Washington State, according to the Worcester …

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by Kristin Palpini