( CNN ) -- A businessman accused of helping facilitate the November 2008 terrorist attacks that killed as many as 164 people in Mumbai , India , goes on trial in a federal courtroom in Chicago on Monday . Prosecutors accuse Tahawwur Hussain Rana of allowing his office , First World Immigration Services , to be used a front for a co-conspirator traveling abroad to scout possible locations for the terrorist attacks , according to court records . Rana is also accused of taking part in a plot to bomb the offices of a Danish newspaper that had published irreverent cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed and angered Muslims across the world . Rana , who denies the allegations , is listed among seven co-defendants in the indictment , five of whom are unnamed and considered to be at large . Prosecutors allege the co-defendants are members of the terrorist group , Lashkar-e Tayyiba , or `` Army of the Pure . '' David Coleman Headley , the only other defendant named in the suit , pleaded guilty to terrorism charges last year and is expected to testify against Rana . If convicted , Rana could be sentenced to life in prison . According to the indictment , Rana helped Headley obtain a fake visa to travel to India as well as approve the opening of a First World office in Mumbai . Headley , who is Pakistani-American , `` misrepresented his birth name , ( his ) father 's true name , and the purpose for his travel , '' on the visa , the indictment states . Between September 2006 and July 2008 , Headley made repeated trips to Mumbai where he made video recordings of potential terrorist sites , the indictment states . In July 2008 , according to the indictment , Rana allegedly passed messages from another plotter to Headley . On November 26 , 2008 , a group of 10 attackers armed with guns , grenades and other explosive devices launched attacks on various targets in Mumbai , including two hotels , a train station and a Jewish center . Those killed in the attacks included six U.S. citizens , the indictment states . After the Mumbai attacks , according to prosecutors , Headley again obtained Rana 's permission to use his company 's name as a cover to conduct surveillance on a Danish newspaper that had publish the offensive cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed . Those attacks were never carried out . Journalist Ben Smith contributed to this report .
Defendant accused of letting his company be used as a cover for terror plot . Tahawwur Hussain Rana also accused of involvement in plot to bomb Danish newspaper . Rana denies involvement .