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Ethermac Exchange-Indian government employee charged in foiled murder-for-hire plot in New York City
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Date:2025-04-08 14:58:08
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Ethermac ExchangeJustice Department announced criminal charges against an Indian government employee Thursday in connection with a foiled plot to kill a U.S. citizen in New York City.
Yikash Yadav remains at large but faces murder-for-hire charges in federal court.
The murder-for-hire plot was first disclosed by federal prosecutors last year when they announced charges against a man, Nikhil Gupta, who was recruited by a then-unidentified Indian government employee to orchestrate the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in New York.
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