H-1B Tech Staffing Company Owner Sentenced To Prison For Collecting Illegal Filing Fees From Visa Recipients

[bandababu]

H-1B Tech Staffing Company Owner Sentenced To Prison For Collecting Illegal Filing Fees From Visa Recipients

Ramesh Venkata Pothuru, who collected over $450,000 in illegal filing fees and related expenses from more than 100 fraudulent visas and employer-sponsored green cards for nonimmigrant workers from his native India, was sentenced Thursday to one year and one day in prison by U.S District Judge John R. Padova.

On January 9, Pothuru, former owner and operator of Virgo Inc. and Isync Solutions, Inc., pled guilty to wire fraud and visa fraud for his role in the scheme.

The investigation disclosed that between 2010 and 2013, Pothuru collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in filing fees from workers he was sponsoring under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker visa program. Federal regulations prohibit employers from soliciting payments from H-1B nonimmigrant workers to cover the costs associated with filing fees, which fees are required by law to be borne by the sponsoring U.S. employer. In addition, many of the H-1B nonimmigrant workers were also recipients of employer-sponsored permanent foreign labor certification applications filed by Pothuru with the Department of Labor. Permanent foreign labor certification filings typically involve costs of over several thousand dollars in addition to the filing fees; Pothuru unlawfully collected both from the employees.

Pothuru collected these illegal fees and expenses from the employees he sponsored for H-1B visas and green cards through direct payments to his personal bank accounts. He subsequently submitted false applications in which he did not identify the fees that he collected from the nonimmigrant workers and swore that he did not collect.

“The defendant not only collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from these nonimmigrant workers, but he also made millions by operating his fraudulent business based on workers who received these visas,” said U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain. “The defendant took advantage of these workers from his home country and also undermined the integrity of the H-1B visa and green card programs. This sentence serves both as a deterrent and as protection from a defendant who has already demonstrated a stunning disregard for the law.”  

[WigsandThighs]

Yup manode bro 

[magadu]

Pothuru

[Staysafebro]

Half a million in illegal fees 

[nokia123]

1 hour ago, bandababu said:

H-1B Tech Staffing Company Owner Sentenced To Prison For Collecting Illegal Filing Fees From Visa Recipients

Ramesh Venkata Pothuru, who collected over $450,000 in illegal filing fees and related expenses from more than 100 fraudulent visas and employer-sponsored green cards for nonimmigrant workers from his native India, was sentenced Thursday to one year and one day in prison by U.S District Judge John R. Padova.

On January 9, Pothuru, former owner and operator of Virgo Inc. and Isync Solutions, Inc., pled guilty to wire fraud and visa fraud for his role in the scheme.

The investigation disclosed that between 2010 and 2013, Pothuru collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in filing fees from workers he was sponsoring under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker visa program. Federal regulations prohibit employers from soliciting payments from H-1B nonimmigrant workers to cover the costs associated with filing fees, which fees are required by law to be borne by the sponsoring U.S. employer. In addition, many of the H-1B nonimmigrant workers were also recipients of employer-sponsored permanent foreign labor certification applications filed by Pothuru with the Department of Labor. Permanent foreign labor certification filings typically involve costs of over several thousand dollars in addition to the filing fees; Pothuru unlawfully collected both from the employees.

Pothuru collected these illegal fees and expenses from the employees he sponsored for H-1B visas and green cards through direct payments to his personal bank accounts. He subsequently submitted false applications in which he did not identify the fees that he collected from the nonimmigrant workers and swore that he did not collect.

“The defendant not only collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from these nonimmigrant workers, but he also made millions by operating his fraudulent business based on workers who received these visas,” said U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain. “The defendant took advantage of these workers from his home country and also undermined the integrity of the H-1B visa and green card programs. This sentence serves both as a deterrent and as protection from a defendant who has already demonstrated a stunning disregard for the law.”  

ee lekkana all employers bars lopalaki povali..y only this guy?

[TampaChinnodu]

[Soul]

450 k ki 1 year a? It's a lot of money. 

[TampaChinnodu]

1 minute ago, Soul said:

450 k ki 1 year a? It's a lot of money. 

450k just on GC filing fee. mesthri danda lo millions earn sesi vuntaadu.

after 1 year bayataki vachaka king laa bathukuthadu le.

[Soul]

57 minutes ago, TampaChinnodu said:

450k just on GC filing fee. mesthri danda lo millions earn sesi vuntaadu.

after 1 year bayataki vachaka king laa bathukuthadu le.

Chusthunnam ga. Next baahubali, janatha garage, rangasthalam lanti cinemalu vasthayi under the production house of this guy.

Mesthri gallu next gen producers of Tollywood.   

[DuvvaAbbulu]

31 minutes ago, Soul said:

Chusthunnam ga. Next baahubali, janatha garage, rangasthalam lanti cinemalu vasthayi under the production house of this guy.

Mesthri gallu next gen producers of Tollywood.   

yeah i agree ma mesthri kuda edho Cinema testhundhu Sushanth gadi ne hero ga petti ,Samantha Ki dubbing  cheppe dhani  mogudu Director 

[AverageDesiGuy]

1 hour ago, TampaChinnodu said:

450k just on GC filing fee. mesthri danda lo millions earn sesi vuntaadu.

after 1 year bayataki vachaka king laa bathukuthadu le.

E 1 Year prison might show him hell, He might go become depression too.

[Soul]

4 minutes ago, DuvvaAbbulu said:

yeah i agree ma mesthri kuda edho Cinema testhundhu Sushanth gadi ne hero ga petti ,Samantha Ki dubbing  cheppe dhani  mogudu Director 

Modern day bakasar lanj kodukulu. First money, next movies, finally politics lo kuda vastharu. Wait and see. 

Induku kadhu manollu chala mandhi Trump ni like chesedhi.

[DuvvaAbbulu]

1 minute ago, Soul said:

Modern day bakasar lanj kodukulu. First money, next movies, finally politics lo kuda vastharu. Wait and see. 

Induku kadhu manollu chala mandhi Trump ni like chesedhi.

Same ma Mesthri kuda MLA ticket ki trying ane talk 

[Soul]

9 minutes ago, AverageDesiGuy said:

E 1 Year prison might show him hell, He might go become depression too.

His suppressed, depressed, emotional, helpless, (please give me EAD) wife will bail him out bhayya. Don't worry.

EAD aunty lo evarrinaina edipinchagalaru. Including jury with their sentimental feminism. 

[pandugadu999]

1 yr jail punishment..not enuf...