Prosecutors say Kunam was seated next to a woman he didn’t know on the cross-country trip. If convicted of felony abusive sexual contact, prosectors say Kunam faces up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Veerabhadrarao Kunam, a 58-year-old resident of Visakhapatnam, India, was on a redeye Virgin America flight from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J. on Saturday. Upon landing at Newark, Kunam was arrested immediately. Federal prosecutors have charged an Indian national with inappropriately touching a sleeping woman aboard a flight from Los Angeles to New Jersey.

Source: Fox News August 04, 2016 13:41 UTC