A group of current or former Louisiana police chiefs and the operator of a Subway sandwich shop are accused of colluding in a decade-long scheme to falsify police reports to help foreign nationals get visas meant for crime victims or witnesses.

The police chiefs worked with a business owner to help hundreds of people get U visas intended for crime victims.

Federal authorities arrested Louisiana law enforcement leaders in an alleged immigration fraud scheme involving fake police reports and thousands of dollars in bribes.

Four law enforcement officials, including two current police chiefs, are charged in connection with a scheme to fraudulently secure U.S. visas.

Prosecutors said the chiefs and other officials exploited a program that offers immigrant victims of violent crime a pathway to residency and citizenship.

Three current or former Louisiana police chiefs were among those indicted in an alleged scheme to drum up bogus crimes against immigrants so they could qualify for a special visa that allows noncitizen crime victims to remain in the US.

The wife of a Louisiana police chief, who was charged amid a sweeping federal investigation into an immigration visa fraud scheme, was also arrested on Thursday.

Two Louisiana police chiefs were arrested Tuesday at a conference in Baton Rouge, according to a WBRZ report. The Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police conference was happening at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Baton Rouge. It started Monday. WBRZ reports that the Oakdale Police Chief was one of two people arrested at the conference.

Three current and former police chiefs, a marshal and a business owner were charged with falsifying police reports in a years-long visa scheme in Louisiana.