NASA Scientist Caught in Mumbai Property Dispute Over Forged Documents, Crimeophobia Reveals Shocking Trends of NRI/OCI Organised Crime
By International Desk | Special Report by Crimeophobia Team
Mumbai, June 12, 2025 — A disturbing trend is emerging across Indian metros, as families are torn apart by property disputes spanning continents. Once considered victims of systemic inefficiencies and local land mafia, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) are now appearing on the other side of the equation—allegedly orchestrating aggressive property takeovers using local muscle power and authorities while residing comfortably abroad.
In yet another high-profile case, Crimeophobia, a leading criminology firm handling cross-border legal disputes, has exposed a peculiar modus operandi involving Indian-origin foreign citizens—this time, a NASA-based Indian scientist—who engaged third-party agents in India to wrest control of property from their own sibling family. The sibling, residing and maintaining physical possession of a residential flat in India, has now become the target of alleged blackmail and extortion which also involves the managing committee of the housing society.
“This isn’t an isolated incident, and a formal complaint was submitted to Mumbai Police by the Indian family, an additional application has been filed with the Deputy Registrar of Societies as confirmed on 12th June 2025 against the family of this NASA Scientist and local associates.” says Criminologist Snehil Dhall, Founder of Crimeophobia. “In a previous case, we took on a similar challenge where a senior Oracle US executive used local proxies to intimidate and litigate against their own sibling. The pattern is disconcertingly familiar—an old building, a senior citizen in the picture, forged documents, involvement of managing committee of the society and a foreign citizen sibling who never even showed up for their own mother’s funeral.”
In both cases, Crimeophobia’s investigation revealed that foreign-based siblings, having relinquished ties to India long ago, only return for a few days to sign legal documents like Power of Attorney, enabling their Indian proxies—often property grabbers or local criminal networks—to launch a full-scale civil and criminal legal assault on the lawful occupant of the family property.
From Victims to Perpetrators?
Historically, NRIs were seen as soft targets—easy prey for land sharks and corrupt officials. But today, the tide seems to have turned. Property grabbers now actively court NRIs and OCI holders, urging them to reclaim ancestral property, not for emotional or legal entitlement, but for profit-sharing arrangements. Power of Attorney documents signed overseas become tools for misappropriation.
In the current case, the Indian-origin NASA scientist family is allegedly claiming a 100% stake in a property in India instead of their lawful 50%. However, legal advisors have pointed out that with India’s inheritance laws and capital gains taxes, 40% of any realized value would likely go to the government. Instead of spending lakhs to recover 10% of value, third-party agents reportedly advised them to demand full ownership—offering to handle the entire operation for a share of the spoils which could get them a huge share and in return also create undue legal trouble for the Indian families while they cannot attack the foreign national.
“This creates a highly incentivized environment for fraud and manipulation,” warns Dhall. “What starts as a family dispute is now morphing into a money laundering pattern with organized crime involvement.”
A Crisis of Citizenship and Ethics
Crimeophobia continues to question the ethics and legality of foreign nationals, especially OCI cardholders, leveraging Indian legal systems while evading physical presence and responsibilities. In both cases, the siblings residing abroad failed to participate in their mother’s last rites, yet show up only to sign documents that could displace the sibling living in and maintaining the property.
Such cases raise red flags about the misuse of Power of Attorney laws, increasing incidents of document fabrication, and the role of local criminal syndicates in civil litigation. The psychological trauma inflicted on senior citizens and rightful residents is immeasurable.
The Road Ahead
The Crimeophobia Team has now begun mapping this trend to investigate whether these cases are isolated incidents of familial greed or indicative of a more organized criminal nexus network exploiting legal loopholes across jurisdictions. As India tightens its financial and property compliance mechanisms, particularly under anti-money laundering and Benami property laws, these transnational disputes may soon come under sharper scrutiny.
But until then, one question remains—are some American Indians going bankrupt, or are they, knowingly or not, bankrolling a silent crime wave from overseas?