Indian Company H1B Fraud- L&T TECH SERVICES SETTLES US VISA FRAUD ALLEGATIONS FOR $9.9 MILLION
https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/companies/visa-fraud-allegations-this-company-agrees-to-pay-whopping-usd-9928000-article-99468042/amp India-based L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has agreed to pay $9,928,000 to resolve allegations that it underpaid US visa fees by obtaining inexpensive B-1 visas instead of the required, costlier H-1B visas for its foreign personnel, thereby violating the False Claims Act. The company, which provides services and personnel to US companies, has offices in Edison, New Jersey. B-1 visas, which generally do not allow visa holders to perform paid labor in the US, had fees ranging from $200 to $300 during the period in question, with no limit on the number of visas issued. In contrast, H-1B visas, which permit foreign nationals to work in the US, had fees between $4,000 and $6,000 and were subject to an annual cap of 65,000 visas for foreign nationals with the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in an occupation requiring specialized knowledge. An additional 20,000 H-1B visas were available annually for individuals with a master's degree or equivalent
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$10M is inconsequential as was $25M for Apple. Restricting their ability to do business would have a real impact
Congrats to them, what a great deal😒
Cost of doing business, next Crime flourishes in vacuum created by lack of enforcement by authorities. WITCHES would pay USA once in a while but won’t play fair, same story with 4 people telgu corp
Visas are impossible to get quickly - so if there's something that needs to be done quickly and a specific person needs to be brought to the US, you bet your butt that companies will pay the 10 million fine and get the job done. Cost of doing business is absolutely correct. Witches just scale this up to non essential jobs in the hope that they won't get caught.
Why would you need a visa quickly lol. You’re not entitled to it
They should be banned and all their employees should be fired and lose their jobs in India and the US.
Lol what how
It’s unfortunate that the U.S. doesn’t step up enforcement. Deport all the employees that weren’t authorized to work and ban them from reentering. Ban the company from sponsoring any new visas.
Lmao $10m is peanuts. This means nothing