Four Indian from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were among other who have been charged with  H-1B Visa Fraud under Major Investigation Carried out by the Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE). They have been filed for the conspiracy to harbour aliens for profit and for visa fraud.

In a major Investigation Carried out by ICE, the personnel have identified hundreds of people from AP and TS who have obtained jobs through fraudulent means. The scam is not just for commissions and kickbacks H-1B visa but also for the abuse of student visa program.

Hundreds of Chinese and Indians have been found to have remained in the US with the help of the “Pay-to-Stay” University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ) according to the nationwide probe carried out by the officers of the US ICE and Homeland Security Investigations

ICE said that 21 persons were charged including Karthik Nimmala, Kodali Tejesh, Dyavarshetty Govardhan and Avinash Shankar along with other Indians and Chinese. The accused were brokers, recruiters and employers.

The investigators of US ICE found the shocking revelation that that University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ) operated as a storefront location with small offices staffed by agents posing as administrators. The university was not staffed with instructors or educators, had no curriculum, and conducted no actual classes.

UNNJ represented its-elf as a school that was authorized to issue ‘certificate of eligibility for nonimmigrant (F-1) student status for academic and language students (Form I-20).  Homeland Security personnels exposed hundreds of foreign nationals, primarily from China and India, who had previously entered the US on F-1 visas. “Through recruiting companies and business entities located in New Jersey, California, Illinois, New York and Virginia, the defendants enabled approximately 1,076 foreign individuals to fraudulently maintain their nonimmigrant status,” the ICE said.

The scamsters used UNNJ to obtain work authorization and work visas for hundreds of clients. The accused were able to outsource their foreign national clients as full-time employees with numerous US-based corporations, in exchange for commission.

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