Canberra, Aug 3 (ANI): An Indian man in Australia is likely to be deported, after pretending to be an immigration officer and threatening a woman with deportion unless she paid him money.
Jasbir Singh, 30, pleaded guilty to one charge of blackmail in the Victorian County Court on Wednesday, the Herald Sun reports.
In May 2009, Singh approached a 22-year-old Indian woman in Melbourne, and made demands for money over several days, extorting 2200 dollars by threatening her with deportation.
Seeking a non-custodial sentence for his client, lawyer David Gibson said that Singh's fear of possible deportation would 'make any jail term harder on him than it would be for the average person'.
Judge Jane Campton said it was 'perhaps common sense' for someone in Singh's position to be worried about deportation.
"It's ironical that the whole offending he has committed is to cause somebody else to worry about that, so when we talk about karma," the judge said.
Singh will be sentenced on Friday August 12, the report said. (ANI)
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