Source: https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/2025/12/10/immigration-lawyer-who-claimed-ice-gave-her-taco-bells-number-indicted/87704510007/
A Cincinnati immigration attorney who claimed a U.S. Department and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer gave her Taco Bell’s phone number when she sought help for clients faces a six-count indictment related to a recent OVI conviction.
Trisha Chatterjee, 27, of Dayton, is charged with three counts each of forgery and tampering with records, according to a copy of her indictment.
This comes just over a year after Cincinnati police charged her Dec. 7, 2024, with OVI on Hatch Street in Mt. Adams, her ticket shows.
She refused to take a breathalyzer test, according to the ticket, but the court docket shows she was recently convicted.
Now Chatterjee is accused of purposely trying to mislead police and city prosecutors about how she became impaired and falsifying records to try to back up her claim in an attempt to “corrupt” the outcome of her OVI case, her indictment shows.
According to the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office, “While the case was pending, the defendant provided fake medical records to the city prosecutor’s office in an attempt to claim her impairment was due to a date rape drug. It was discovered that on three separate occasions, she provided false information via email to city prosecutors related to those fake medical records.”
Chatterjee declined to comment or refer us to her attorney.
The dates Chatterjee is accused of forging the records are on Feb. 23, March 10, and on or about April 17-18, her indictment shows.
The location of the offense is listed at Cincinnati City Hall on Plum Street Downtown, where the city prosecutor’s office is located, according to the county prosecutor’s office.
So far, no court dates are scheduled in the case, and it’s not clear if Chatterjee is going to turn herself in or be arrested.
Chatterjee made national news earlier this year when she claimed in a TikTok post that went viral that an ICE officer gave her a phone number to the fast-food chain when she sought help for her detained clients.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, denied that and called it “a lie and smear.”
ICE, according to McLaughlin’s X post, “even attempted to reach out to her to get her information on her clients. She was provided several avenues to directly contact ICE and help resolve any issues, but she has made no attempt to contact the agency.”
