Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:53:29 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: "gt-pfrc at ml.gt.org" <gt-pfrc at ml.gt.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Deal Reached in Inquiry Into Visa Fraud at Tech Giant
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
  Infosys, the giant Indian technology outsourcing company, has agreed to=

pay $34 million in a civil settlement after federal prosecutors in Texas
found it had committed =93systemic visa fraud and abuse=94 when bringing
temporary workers from India for jobs in American businesses, according
to court documents and officials familiar with the case. The payment is
the largest ever in a visa case.

After an investigation of more than two years, prosecutors on Wednesday
will unveil the settlement as well as its accusations that Infosys
=93knowingly and unlawfully=94 brought Indian workers into the United Sta=
tes
on business visitor visas since 2008, which avoided the higher costs and
delays of a longer-term employment visa the workers should have had. They=

will charge that Infosys systematically submitted misleading information
to American immigration authorities and consular officials to obtain the
faster visas, unfairly gaining a competitive edge and undercutting
American workers qualified for the jobs.
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         mark