He tried to pull an “Argo” on the feds.
An Indian national arrived at JFK Airport in New York and told US Customs and Border Protection officers he was a production manager for a film company known as “Fire and Ice.”
Nitinkumar Chandubhai Patel explained that his firm was gearing up to make a movie titled “I Love New York,” and he had traveled from New Delhi to Gotham to scout locations for the shoot.
But officers noted oddities about his story: The film shoot would take six weeks, with a release date planned for July 2013 – but Patel would be paid only 65,000 Indian Rupees or just over $1,200 for his work.
The suspicious Customs officers soon discovered that Patel’s visa was revoked, after the State Department determined that other visa applicants also had been posing as “Fire and Ice” reps.
Patel eventually admitted that he actually was a farmer and was supplied the film shoot cover story by a travel agent in India, officials said.
He’s now in custody and awaiting trial on visa fraud charges.
mmaddux@nypost.com