H1B fraud by San Jose desi firm

2024-11-07T03:33:13Z

The world of Silicon Valley staffing firms is often seen as a competitive arena where access to skilled technology workers is the currency of success.

However, the race for talent sometimes crosses legal boundaries, as evidenced by the recent guilty plea entered by Kishore Dattapuram, 55, of Santa Clara, owner of the San Jose-based staffing firm Nanosemantics, Inc.

Dattapuram has pled guilty to visa fraud and conspiracy to commit visa fraud in a scheme that allowed his company to improperly secure H-1B visas for foreign workers.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the indictment, which was filed on February 28, 2019, revealed that Dattapuram, along with two other defendants, Kumar Aswapathi, 55, of Austin, Texas, and Santosh Giri, 48, of San Jose, were charged with submitting fraudulent H-1B applications.

Each defendant faces significant penalties, with up to ten years in prison, fines amounting to $250,000 for each visa fraud count, and up to five years plus fines for conspiracy counts.

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