Indian National Arrested on Charges of H-1B Visa Fraud Amounting to $21 Million in US
The accused additionally tried to naturalise as a US citizen by way of filing false statements. (Symbol for illustration. )
If convicted, 48-year-old Ashish Sawhney faces a most penalty of 10 years in jail.
- PTI Washington
- Remaining Up to date: August 22, 2020, 12:03 AM IST
An Indian nationwide has been arrested on fees of conspiracy to devote visa fraud and for inducing overseas nationals to come back to the USA the use of fraudulently bought H-1B visas, federal prosecutors mentioned on Friday.
Arrested on Thursday, 48-year-old Ashish Sawhney allegedly used 4 firms to orchestrate the fallacious submission of fraudulent programs for H-1B specialty-occupation paintings visas, they mentioned.
Charged with two counts of conspiracy, 3 counts of inducing an alien to come back to and live in the USA for industrial merit or personal monetary achieve, and one depend of tried naturalisation fraud, Sawhney allegedly generated gross earnings from 2011 to 2016 of roughly USD 21 million, the prosecutors mentioned.
If convicted, Sawhney faces a most penalty of 10 years in jail. A resident of Sterling, a Virginia suburb of Washington DC, he submitted or brought about to be submitted H-1B visa utility fabrics declaring that the overseas employees named within the programs would satisfy a selected process, the place actually, no such process existed on the time of submitting, the prosecutors mentioned.
Sawhney additionally tried to naturalise as a US citizen by way of filing an utility containing false statements, they mentioned.
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