Overview
- FBI Director Kash Patel announced Thursday that Manjit Singh Bedi, arrested in Punjab in September, has been returned to the United States to face a federal indictment.
- Bedi is charged with wire fraud and SNAP benefits fraud for an alleged scheme that converted at least $600,000 in food-stamp benefits into cash at a Tacoma grocery store.
- After his indictment, Bedi surrendered his passport but allegedly crossed into Canada and then fled to India, prompting a federal arrest warrant issued on May 21, 2026.
- The FBI placed Bedi on its new Most Wanted Fraudsters list and said he was one of six captures since the list began three months ago; the agency also cited 260 extraditions and removals in the past 20 months.
- Bedi will now appear in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and the case raises fresh questions about pretrial release conditions after defendants who surrender travel documents flee the country.