Counterfeit H-1B job offers nets six months in jail

[OhioChick]

Businessman admits submitting H-1B applications with counterfeit job offer letters from Gap, Wells Fargo and Genentech

March 29, 2011 11:40 AM ET

Computerworld - A California businessman last week was sentenced to six months in prison for trying to get H-1B visas for workers to fill jobs that did not exist, said the U.S. Department of Justice.

Srinivasa Chennupati, 33, pled guilty in December to visa fraud charges in a case heard in U.S. District Court in Oakland. The sentence also includes three years of supervised release.

Chennupati admitted that starting on April 1, 2009, he submitted 11 foreign worker petitions to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that contained "counterfeit job offer letters" from the Gap Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank and Genentech, the Justice Dept. said in a statement.

The jobs listed in the petitions were for computer systems analysts and software engineers that would be paid between $60,000 and $65,000, according to court records.

More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215282/Counterfeit_H_1B_job_offers_nets_six_months_in_jail

[johnroshan]

1. Now thats what I'm talking about...

Enforce the H1B laws. There are too many undeserving candidates who push out native workers by falsely obtaining H1Bs and prevent really needed talent from getting it.