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Indian American Businesswoman in San Jose Pleads Guilty to Tech Worker Visa Fraud
India-West Staff Reporter 21 hrs ago
SAN JOSE, Calif. – A San Jose Indian American businesswoman pleaded guilty in federal court July 19 to three counts of visa fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch in a Department of Justice press release.
In pleading guilty, Sridevi Aiyaswamy, 50, of San Jose, admitted that between April 2010 and June 2013 she made numerous false statements, and submitted over 25 fraudulent documents, to USCIS for the purpose of obtaining H-1B non-immigrant classifications for skilled foreign workers. Acting as a petitioner on behalf of foreign worker beneficiaries, Aiyaswamy falsely represented in I-129 petitions that the foreign worker beneficiaries would be working at Cisco, an information technology and networking company in San Jose, Calif.
Aiayswamy further submitted counterfeit statements of work with forged signatures as back-up documentation to the I-129 petitions. In fact, at the time she submitted these documents to USCIS, Aiyaswamy knew that the statements regarding offers of work from Cisco for these beneficiaries were false statements, and that Cisco had not made any offers of employment regarding these individuals, said the DoJ release.
A federal grand jury indicted Aiyaswamy on Dec. 3, 2015, charging her with 34 counts of visa fraud. In her plea agreement, Aiyaswamy pleaded guilty to three of the counts of visa fraud and the government agreed to request dismissal of the remaining counts.
Aiyaswamy is currently free on bond. Judge Lucy Koh scheduled her sentencing for Nov. 15, 2017. The maximum statutory penalty for visa fraud is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
http://www.indiawest.com/news/globa...cle_377ef9b0-6f1a-11e7-b5e4-238194f065c9.html
India-West Staff Reporter 21 hrs ago
SAN JOSE, Calif. – A San Jose Indian American businesswoman pleaded guilty in federal court July 19 to three counts of visa fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch in a Department of Justice press release.
In pleading guilty, Sridevi Aiyaswamy, 50, of San Jose, admitted that between April 2010 and June 2013 she made numerous false statements, and submitted over 25 fraudulent documents, to USCIS for the purpose of obtaining H-1B non-immigrant classifications for skilled foreign workers. Acting as a petitioner on behalf of foreign worker beneficiaries, Aiyaswamy falsely represented in I-129 petitions that the foreign worker beneficiaries would be working at Cisco, an information technology and networking company in San Jose, Calif.
Aiayswamy further submitted counterfeit statements of work with forged signatures as back-up documentation to the I-129 petitions. In fact, at the time she submitted these documents to USCIS, Aiyaswamy knew that the statements regarding offers of work from Cisco for these beneficiaries were false statements, and that Cisco had not made any offers of employment regarding these individuals, said the DoJ release.
A federal grand jury indicted Aiyaswamy on Dec. 3, 2015, charging her with 34 counts of visa fraud. In her plea agreement, Aiyaswamy pleaded guilty to three of the counts of visa fraud and the government agreed to request dismissal of the remaining counts.
Aiyaswamy is currently free on bond. Judge Lucy Koh scheduled her sentencing for Nov. 15, 2017. The maximum statutory penalty for visa fraud is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
http://www.indiawest.com/news/globa...cle_377ef9b0-6f1a-11e7-b5e4-238194f065c9.html