Anonymous ID: eec989 July 29, 2019, 5:57 p.m. No.7251228   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1249

Why 50 Americans didn't get a job. Sillycon valley uses crooks and are criminals. Ever notice it seems that Indians and/or Pakis are involved in these schemes? HOW MANY ILLEGAL INDIANS ARE THERE?

 

They are doing everything to screw us out of jobs and exploit other Indians.

 

Any recent immigrant should have their citizenship revoked (and deported) if caught in such immigration fraud.

 

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/02/h-1b-bay-area-man-charged-with-visa-fraud-over-alleged-bench-and-switch-scheme/

 

A Bay Area man is one of four executives of U.S. technology-industry staffing firms charged with H-1B visa fraud.

 

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Sateesh Vemuri, 52, conspired with three New Jersey men to bring foreign workers into the U.S. in 2015 and 2016 by using faked documents to obtain H-1B visas. The department in a press release Tuesday said Vemuri was from San Jose, but the criminal complaint filed in New Jersey U.S. District Court said he was from Contra Costa County.

 

“The object of the conspiracy was for the defendants and others to gain an advantage over their competitors in the IT-staffing industry by using fraudulent documents and false representations to obtain expedited H-lB visas for potential employees,” the criminal complaint alleged.

 

Vemuri and two of the other men controlled New Jersey-based IT staffing companies Procure Professionals Inc. and Krypto IT Solutions, according to the justice department. Federal authorities claim the two firms were central to the “bench-and-switch” scheme used by visa fraudsters to get around the difficulties of obtaining hard-to-get H-1B visas.

 

The criminal complaint alleged that the four men’s fraud conspiracy involved filing H-1B applications for foreign nationals without first finding positions for them with end clients. “The purpose of the scheme is to build a ‘bench’ of skilled foreign workers already authorized to work in the U.S., who can then be assigned to end clients immediately upon request, without the need to wait through the prolonged visa process,” the complaint alleged.

 

The alleged scam by Vemuri and the others included “the creation and submission of false service contracts, statements of work, and employment-verification letters by both Procure and Krypto,” the complaint alleged. Together, the two companies filed about 50 H-1B applications, all falsely stating that the foreign citizens would work for “Client A” on the “AppExchange Project,” the complaint alleged.

 

“In reality, however, there was no AppExchange Project, and Client A was not even in the software-development business,” the complaint alleged.

 

The firm Client A was controlled by two of the men charged in the alleged conspiracy, the justice department said.

 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services awarded H-1B visas to the alleged conspirators’ companies based on the false documents, the complaint said.

 

One visa recipient said he never worked on anything called “AppExchange” during his short time with Procure, but instead spent a month on a project whose purpose he didn’t understand, before finding another job on his own, the complaint claimed. Another recipient of an H-1B visa obtained by Procure said he stayed at home, unpaid, for the five months he was supposed to be working for Client A, the complaint alleged.

 

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Anonymous ID: eec989 July 29, 2019, 5:59 p.m. No.7251249   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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BUT THERE IS HOPE, but stronger PUNISHMENT is needed.

 

he charges come amid a crackdown on the H-1B program by the administration of President Donald Trump, which has taken aim at outsourcers and IT staffing companies, and dramatically increased the rate of rejection for H-1B visas. Silicon Valley tech firms rely heavily on the H-1B to secure top global talent, and push for an increase to the annual 85,000 cap on new visas, which year after year is outstripped by demand. Critics point to reported abuses and argue that outsourcers and staffing companies — which place contract workers at major tech firms and other companies — use the H-1B to supplant U.S. workers and drive down wages.

 

The four men are charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud, and face maximum penalties of five years in prison and $250,000 fines. Vemuri, identified by the first name “Sateesh” in the justice department’s press release but called “Satish” in the complaint, made a first court appearance Monday in federal court in New Jersey, according to the justice department. He and the other three men have each been released on $250,000 bond, the justice department said.