Three Telugu
businessmen in the US have been arrested and charged with H-1B fraud case by
the authorities in California. This is 2
months after 100 Telugu students and 8 PIO recruiters were arrested for
violating immigration laws. The three of them are:
• Santosh Giri, 32 years
• Kumar Aswapathi, 49 years
• Kishore Dattapuram, 49 years
The trio hail
from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. They have been charged with the supposed submission of fraud H-1B Visa applications
for jobs that did not exist. The three of them denied the charges and were
offered bail by a Federal Court.
The businessmen
started a consulting firm in Santa Clara called Nanosemantics Inc. They
allegedly submitted fake H-1B Visa applications during May 2012 and 2015. They
did this to get a competitive edge over competing companies said the Department of Justice in the US.
Kishore and
Santosh were produced in the federal court in San Jose. Aswapathi was meanwhile
produced in a federal court in Austin.
DOJ said that an
indictment just alleges that crimes have been committed. All the defendants are
assumed to be innocent till proved guilty added the Department. This is beyond
doubt reasonably, as quoted by the Times of India.
They face a maximum 10 years imprisonment sentence in H-1B fraud case if convicted
along with 2.5 lakh dollar fines. This is along with restitution if in case
appropriate for every violation of 18 – USC – 1546 (a). They also face a
maximum of 5 years imprisonment along with 2.5 lakh dollar fines for
conspiracy.
A Federal Grand
Jury had indicted the 3 businessmen said the Attorney’s Office of DOJ in the
northern district of California.
The consulting
firm offered services like placing
skilled overseas workers in the Bay Area’s IT companies. It submitted Visa
applications stating that specific workers had been offered specific jobs at
the designated firm. However, the reality was that the defendants were aware
that the jobs did not exist, said the Federal Office.
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