A Miami federal jury convicted Seetaram in a murder-for-hire plot that ended in the Everglades.

A federal jury’s guilty verdict on murder-for-hire and related counts is the judgment on those charges. Local10 and BocaNewsNow reported that Seetaram, known as “Smalls,” was convicted of murder-for-hire conspiracy, murder for hire, stalking resulting in death, and firearm counts causing death. He faces up to life in federal prison; sentencing is pending. Co-defendant Somjeet Christopher Singh previously pleaded guilty and received a life sentence from U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman.

On Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Avin Seetaram, 27, of Margate, on multiple counts tied to the murder-for-hire of Suren Seetal, Local10 and BocaNewsNow reported. The counts included murder-for-hire conspiracy, murder for hire, stalking resulting in death, discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, related firearm conspiracy, and causing a death through use of a firearm. A jury conviction is the judgment on those counts.

According to BocaNewsNow’s account of the prosecution’s case, Seetaram and Somjeet Christopher Singh, known as “Lil Chris,” of Coral Springs, arranged for Seetal to be killed over business dealings. Reporting said a July 2023 attempt failed after gunfire was exchanged, and that on Nov. 2, 2023, Seetal was lured to a location, ambushed, and killed, with his body later moved to the Everglades. Those are facts as framed by prosecutors and trial evidence in outlet reporting.

U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones described the scheme as deliberate and persistent, BocaNewsNow reported. Singh previously pleaded guilty to eight counts, including kidnapping and obstruction of justice, and Judge Roy K. Altman sentenced him to life. Seetaram faces up to life; a federal judge will set his sentence later. A conviction sets guilt on the counts; the prison term is still ahead. Seetaram is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.