Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to multi-defendant indictment for gold bar scheme to defraud elderly victims

Date: Nov. 5, 2026

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Gainesville, FL – Gurpinder Singh, Yashdeep Singh, Kuljeet Singh, Navjeet Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Harshdeep Kaur, and Manpreet Singh, all of California; Sierra Stites and Carissa Snow, both of Deland, Florida; and Reese Lightner of Pennsylvania have been indicted in federal court for one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the charges.

All defendants have appeared in federal court for their arraignment before United States Magistrate Judge Midori A. Lowry in Gainesville, Florida. Jury trial is scheduled for Dec. 30, 2026, at 8:30 am before Chief United States District Court Judge Allen C. Winsor in Gainesville, Florida.

If convicted, each defendant faces up to 20 years’ imprisonment on the conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud count and up to 20 years’ imprisonment on the conspiracy to commit money laundering count.

The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Gainesville Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Adam Hapner.

An indictment is merely an allegation by a grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law and is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.

This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF comprises agents and officers from multiple agencies with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.

IRS-CI is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. It is the only federal law enforcement agency with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code. IRS-CI has 16 field offices located across the U.S. and maintains an international presence through attaché posts abroad.