H1b visa fraud - another one bites the dust

[jefferson1]

The head of an IT staffing company has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison after federal investigators uncovered an H-1B visa-fraud scheme involving two Bay Area workers.

Anjaneyulu Katam, 46, “manipulated the H-1B visa program,” the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.  “Katam falsified visa applications, work experience documents, and work contracts, which he then submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of State, in order to secure illegal H-1B visas for Indian nationals,” the department said.

Katam, of New York, was also fined $5,000, and under a plea agreement will forfeit $1.1 million in assets — including strip malls and bank funds — acquired via visa fraud, the department said. Katam arrived in the U.S. from India in 1998 and became a U.S. citizen in 2009, according to a court filing.

The H-1B, obtained by employers, is awarded through a lottery and has become a flashpoint in America’s immigration debate. Large technology companies, including many in Silicon Valley, push to expand the annual 85,000 cap on new visas, while critics point to reported abuses by outsourcers, arguing that those firms and other IT staffing companies use the visa to supply cheaper foreign labor to companies.

[sureshkonda]

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[JambaKrantu]

Last 10 years lo house projects chesinollandaru bokkaloke..

[Spartan]

Katam, of New York, was also fined $5,000, and under a plea agreement will forfeit $1.1 million in assets — including strip malls and bank funds — acquired via visa fraud, the department said. Katam arrived in the U.S. from India in 1998 and became a U.S. citizen in 2009, according to a court filing.

 

 

ikkada save chesina dabbul anni lageskunnar ana maata...India lo real estate is safe then

[snoww]

8 minutes ago, Spartan said:

Katam, of New York, was also fined $5,000, and under a plea agreement will forfeit $1.1 million in assets — including strip malls and bank funds — acquired via visa fraud, the department said. Katam arrived in the U.S. from India in 1998 and became a U.S. citizen in 2009, according to a court filing.

 

 

ikkada save chesina dabbul anni lageskunnar ana maata...India lo real estate is safe then

forfeit ki oppukunnadu kabatti 1 year jail time tho vadilesaru. Other wise inka ekkuve vuntadi. 

[snoww]

Contact(edit) Name Job Title Phone Email LCA for H1B Visa Anjaneyulu Katam President 585-281- xxxx xxxx @prosoftit.com LC for Green Card Anjan Katam - 58528187 xxxx xxxx @prosoftit.com   upgrade to view all contacts

H1B Visa Salary Certified Certified-Withdrawn(?) Denied Withdrawn 2019 Total: 6 search Current System       search Legacy System 2018 $90,469 32 0 0 0 2017 $73,025 82 0 6 0 2016 $83,803 54 0 0 2 Green Card Salary Certified Certified-Expired Denied Withdrawn 2018 $91,455 0 8 0 0 2017 $85,904 0 5 0 0 2016 $91,596 0 6 0 0

 

[snoww]

Just now, snoww said:

Contact(edit) Name Job Title Phone Email LCA for H1B Visa Anjaneyulu Katam President 585-281- xxxx xxxx @prosoftit.com LC for Green Card Anjan Katam - 58528187 xxxx xxxx @prosoftit.com   upgrade to view all contacts

H1B Visa Salary Certified Certified-Withdrawn(?) Denied Withdrawn 2019 Total: 6 search Current System       search Legacy System 2018 $90,469 32 0 0 0 2017 $73,025 82 0 6 0 2016 $83,803 54 0 0 2 Green Card Salary Certified Certified-Expired Denied Withdrawn 2018 $91,455 0 8 0 0 2017 $85,904 0 5 0 0 2016 $91,596 0 6 0 0

 

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[DrBeta]

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[snoww]

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[Sanathnagar_Satthi]

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[LastManStanding]

Sabash. One down..thousands to go

[Hector8]

21 minutes ago, LastManStanding said:

Sabash. One down..thousands to go

2 years nundi .... every month evaro okaru dorukuthune unnaru ..... 

[ekunadam_enkanna]

Veenni Oct 2017 lo indict chesaaru.  One h1 beneficiary fessed to Chennai consulate that he paid money for h1b visa. That's how this investigation started. Later, Hyd consulated busted sister of Katam's wife (that is, Mahalakshmi Cheruvu's sister) for fake experience letters in order to get h1b stamped.

Chennai Consulate --> Dept of State Fraud prevention Unit --> FDNY/USCIS --> Dept of Labor, then final indictment. Total 4 years of investigations.

Basically, investigation teams have just waited for him to make more 'mistakes' to bust him later.

[jefferson1]

1 minute ago, ekunadam_enkanna said:

Veenni Oct 2017 lo indict chesaaru.  One h1 beneficiary fessed to Chennai consulate that he paid money for h1b visa. That's how this investigation started. Later, Hyd consulated busted sister of Katam's wife (that is, Mahalakshmi Cheruvu's sister) for fake experience letters in order to get h1b stamped.

Chennai Consulate --> Dept of State Fraud prevention Unit --> FDNY/USCIS --> Dept of Labor, then final indictment. Total 4 years of investigations.

Basically, investigation teams have just waited for him to make more 'mistakes' to bust him later.

So candidate cheppada consulate lo?

[hotmaddy]

Holy shiit. I know this guy.