Federal authorities say six people conspired to stage armed robberies in Lake Villa and other Chicago suburbs so the purported victims could apply for special U.S. immigration visas.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois said that Parth Nayi and Kewon Young allegedly organized and participated in staged armed robberies at restaurants, coffee shops, liquor stores and gas stations in Chicago and the suburbs of Lombard, Elmwood Park, St. Charles, Hickory Hills, River Grove, Lake Villa and South Holland, as well as restaurants in Rayne, Louisiana, and Belvidere, Tennessee.