• MEDIA: H-1B visa: Cupertino pair charged over dozens of alleged visa fr

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 21 12:14:32 2022
    Via Duck Duck Go [spit], <URL:https://duckduckgo.com/?q=H-1B&t=h_&iar=news&ia=news#>
    see San Jose Mercury News' Ethan Baron on whether Donald Trump
    regrets taking Jared Kushner's advice to downplay the National
    Question on the campaign trail against Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: <URL:https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/13/h-1b-visa-cupertino-pair-charged-over-dozens-of-alleged-visa-frauds/>
    | A woman and man from Cupertino were each charged with seven counts
    | of visa fraud in what U.S. prosecutors allege was a scheme involving
    | dozens of foreign technology workers illegally approved for
    | employment under the H-1B visa.
    |
    | Elangovan Punniakoti, 52, and Mary Christeena, 47, appeared in
    | federal court Tuesday in San Jose for an initial hearing.
    | Prosecutors claim that over a decade leading up to May 2020, the
    | pair submitted fraudulent H-1B visa applications for 54 foreign
    | workers sponsored for the visas by an IT staffing company
    | incorporated in Santa Clara County in 2008 where Punniakoti was CEO
    | and Christeena was president, the department said.

    See also Merrick Garland's presser: <URL:https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/two-santa-clara-county-executives-charged-specialty-occupation-visa-fraud>
    | Assistant United States Attorney Sarah Griswold is prosecuting the
    | case with the assistance of Lynette Dixon. The prosecution was the
    | result of an investigation led by the DSS representative to the
    | Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force (DBFTF), overseen by Homeland
    | Security Investigations. The DBFTF is a multi-agency task force
    | that coordinates investigations into fraudulent immigration
    | documents. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service's Office of
    | Fraud Detection and National Security also assisted with the
    | investigation.

    John
    groenveld@acm.org
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