Another day, another H-1B fraud. As usual, it involved the contract labor industry. As usual, it involved workers from India.
The company in question is Nanosemantics of San Jose, Calif.
According to the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office, Kishore Dattapuram, Kumar Aswapathi, and Santosh Giri pleaded guilty to ten counts of visa fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud. The charges revolve around making H-1B visa petitions when there was no actual job for the visa beneficiary.
The objective of the fraud was to get a stockpile of foreign workers on H-1B visas who could then be subcontracted to actual employers.
The public is told that H-1B is for filling jobs that could not be filled with Americans. The system of importing and renting them out to actual employers places H-1B nonimmigrants in direct competition with Americans for jobs.
The Department of Labor Inspector General has called for ending the practice of importing H-1B workers and renting them out since 1995. Meanwhile, Congress and the executive have done nothing to end the practice.