Bay Area professionals indicted for H-1B visa fraud
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Bay Area professionals indicted for H-1B visa fraud
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#4From the article:
> The indictment charges that from 2010 to 2016, Dynasoft petitioned to place workers at Stanford University, Cisco and Brocade, but the employers had no intention of receiving the foreign workers named on the applications.
Should be noted that this is only the most brazen, harebrained scheme that has been uncovered and is being convicted. Not that its not important; but it may be more useful overall to go after the Big Co's that are doing everything technically legally but are still using H1B in ways it was not meant to be used.
Edit: Also just realized, when you say "Bay Area Tech Executives" it almost sounds like you're talking about Larry Page; but these "executives" were only officers of a shell company (seemingly) meant exclusively for committing visa fraud.
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#6This is progress. Give a copy of this to your employer if they start talking about replacing you with an H1-B.
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#7I've personally witnessed the hiring of a contractor from India at a small development company simply to save on funds. There were plenty of skilled workers in our pool to fill the position, the owner simply didn't want to pay the price.
Weeks into his employment the developer came to me and asked if there was anyone he could report work complaints to. I gave him contact information for the state's employment agency. It took another week before I realized that he needed to be informed that the state agency protects him whether he's a citizen or not, and that he wasn't trying to report a former employer.
I know many talented people who have come to the US on H-1B clean and have been successful. I, too, do not blame the workers. The employers are abusing the system, and if it continues there must be much stricter oversight.
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#8From the article: > The indictment charges that from 2010 to 2016, Dynasoft petitioned to place workers at Stanford University, Cisco and Brocade, but the employers had no intention of receiving the foreign workers named on the applications. Should be noted that this is only the most brazen, harebrained scheme that has been uncovered and is being convicted. Not that its not important; but it may be more useful overal…
> Edit: Also just realized, when you say "Bay Area Tech Executives" it almost sounds like you're talking about Larry Page
I'm sure that was the author's intention.
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#9It's annoying that SV tech companies get a bad rap with the H-1B even though that the real people abusing these visas are clearly outsourcing firms like Tata and Infosys.
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