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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

San Jose Businesswoman Sentenced To Prison For High-Technology Worker Visa Fraud

SAN JOSE - San Jose businesswoman Sridevi Aiyaswamy was sentenced to 13 months in prison today as a result of her involvement in executing an H-1B visa fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan Spradlin.  The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States District Judge, after Aiyaswamy pleaded guilty to the crime on July 19, 2017. 

According to her plea agreement, Aiyaswamy, 50, of San Jose, pleaded guilty to three counts of visa fraud.  Aiyaswamy admitted that between April 2010 and June 2013 she made numerous false statements and submitted over 25 fraudulent documents to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to obtain H-1B non-immigrant classifications for skilled foreign workers.  Acting as a petitioner on behalf of foreign worker beneficiaries, Aiyaswamy falsely represented in I-129 petitions that the foreign worker beneficiaries would be working at an information technology and networking company in San Jose, Calif.  Aiayswamy further submitted counterfeit statements of work with forged signatures as back-up documentation to the I-129 petitions.  In fact, at the time she submitted these documents to USCIS, Aiyaswamy knew that the statements regarding offers of work from the South Bay company for these beneficiaries were false statements, and that the company had not made any offers of employment regarding these individuals.   

A federal grand jury indicted Aiyaswamy on December 3, 2015, charging her with 34 counts of visa fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a).  Pursuant to her plea agreement, Aiyaswamy pleaded guilty to three of the counts of visa fraud and the remaining counts were dismissed.  

In addition to the prison term, Judge Koh sentenced Aiyaswamy to a $10,000 fine and a three-year period of supervised release.  Judge Koh ordered the defendant to self-surrender by on February 14, 2018. 

Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Bostic and Jeff Nedrow are prosecuting the case with the aid of Mimi Lam, Laurie Worthen and Susan Kreider.  The prosecution is the result of an investigation led by HSI.  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Office of Fraud Detection and National Security at the California Service Center and the San Francisco Field Office also assisted with the investigation.  
 

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24 minutes ago, TampaChinnodu said:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

San Jose Businesswoman Sentenced To Prison For High-Technology Worker Visa Fraud

SAN JOSE - San Jose businesswoman Sridevi Aiyaswamy was sentenced to 13 months in prison today as a result of her involvement in executing an H-1B visa fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan Spradlin.  The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States District Judge, after Aiyaswamy pleaded guilty to the crime on July 19, 2017. 

According to her plea agreement, Aiyaswamy, 50, of San Jose, pleaded guilty to three counts of visa fraud.  Aiyaswamy admitted that between April 2010 and June 2013 she made numerous false statements and submitted over 25 fraudulent documents to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to obtain H-1B non-immigrant classifications for skilled foreign workers.  Acting as a petitioner on behalf of foreign worker beneficiaries, Aiyaswamy falsely represented in I-129 petitions that the foreign worker beneficiaries would be working at an information technology and networking company in San Jose, Calif.  Aiayswamy further submitted counterfeit statements of work with forged signatures as back-up documentation to the I-129 petitions.  In fact, at the time she submitted these documents to USCIS, Aiyaswamy knew that the statements regarding offers of work from the South Bay company for these beneficiaries were false statements, and that the company had not made any offers of employment regarding these individuals.   

A federal grand jury indicted Aiyaswamy on December 3, 2015, charging her with 34 counts of visa fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a).  Pursuant to her plea agreement, Aiyaswamy pleaded guilty to three of the counts of visa fraud and the remaining counts were dismissed.  

In addition to the prison term, Judge Koh sentenced Aiyaswamy to a $10,000 fine and a three-year period of supervised release.  Judge Koh ordered the defendant to self-surrender by on February 14, 2018. 

Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Bostic and Jeff Nedrow are prosecuting the case with the aid of Mimi Lam, Laurie Worthen and Susan Kreider.  The prosecution is the result of an investigation led by HSI.  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Office of Fraud Detection and National Security at the California Service Center and the San Francisco Field Office also assisted with the investigation.  
 

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6 minutes ago, Moon_Walker said:

50 yrs age lo women ki jail ante enti paristhithi. Aa family paruvu, pillalu, husband and jail lo lesbians tho naa bootho na bhavishyath

Paisa hein toh paramaathma hein

jail siksha some how avoid cheyagaligithe chalu, vallu earn chesina money tho tara taraalu bathikeyochi

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19 hours ago, perugu_vada said:

Paisa hein toh paramaathma hein

jail siksha some how avoid cheyagaligithe chalu, vallu earn chesina money tho tara taraalu bathikeyochi

millions earnings mundu 13 months jail term ok anukuntaaru.  1000 lo okka mesthri ni pattukuntaaru at most. so worth taking the risk anukuntaaru. 

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13 hours ago, TampaChinnodu said:

millions earnings mundu 13 months jail term ok anukuntaaru.  1000 lo okka mesthri ni pattukuntaaru at most. so worth taking the risk anukuntaaru. 

Well said. Mestri business lo unnantha dabbu inkekkada levu. Okkasari alavatu paddaka vadalatam kastam...

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4 minutes ago, boeing747 said:

Well said. Mestri business lo unnantha dabbu inkekkada levu. Okkasari alavatu paddaka vadalatam kastam...

Thousands of mesthris vunnaru country lo. hardly 10 ni kooda pattukoru year ki. So karma kaali aa 10 lo padda , after the jail term India ki poyi king laa bathakochu, India lo no one knows what happened. even if they know they will give respect for the money.  So anduke mesthris ilanti cases enni soosina kooda bayapadakunda still danda sesthunnaru. 

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1 hour ago, TampaChinnodu said:

Thousands of mesthris vunnaru country lo. hardly 10 ni kooda pattukoru year ki. So karma kaali aa 10 lo padda , after the jail term India ki poyi king laa bathakochu, India lo no one knows what happened. even if they know they will give respect for the money.  So anduke mesthris ilanti cases enni soosina kooda bayapadakunda still danda sesthunnaru. 

nak telisina oka mestri siksha pade tym ki India jump. went and made settlement with Indian politicians. US extradition request unna police not found ani report istharu US embassy ki

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