Four South Bay residents indicted for H-1B visa fraud
http://www.mercurynews.com/cupertino/ci_28789184/cupertino-sunnyvale-four-residents-indicted-h-1b-visa
Two Cupertino residents and two Sunnyvale residents have been indicted in connection with several types of fraud involving H-1B visas.
Ragini Vecham, 36, of Cupertino, Kishore Pallapothu, 42, of Cupertino, Satyanarayana Tota, 45, of Sunnyvale and Ramana Reddy, 44, of Sunnyvale are all charged with participating in conspiracy involving visa fraud, mail fraud, obstruction of justice and witness tampering, among many other potential charges.
The four allegedly owned seven business entities through which they would commit the fraud, "which individuals used companies to fraudulently submit fraudulent H-1B visa applications and other documents to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Labor" according to a press release distributed by the Department of Justice.
According to the indictment, since at least 2006 Vecham and Pallapothu held themselves out as staffing specialists for technology firms based in Santa Clara County. The seven businesses include Softnet Technology Solutions, Inc., Horizon Technologies, Inc., Lily 20 Hayward LLC, Tulip 26 Hayward LLC, Jasmine 20 Hayward LLC, Rose Hayward LLC and Safe 20 Hayward LLC.
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