Withdrawn H-1B petition can still trigger fraud investigation, says new landmark decision

[ad_1] If two companies file H-1B petitions for the same individual not by mistake but to game the lottery, it is considered fraud. If one withdraws the petition in the nick of time, the matter was not pursued by the USCIS but now a landmark decision by the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office says that withdrawing […]

Billion-stream ‘ghost artist’ exposed: North Carolina man pleads guilty in first-ever AI music fraud case, forfeits $8.1M | World News

[ad_1] It is a feat most Grammy winners never achieve: billions of streams across the world’s largest platforms. But for Michael Smith, a 54-year-old North Carolina resident, the “fans” didn’t exist. They were lines of code, and the music was “AI slop.”Smith has officially pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, marking the first-ever […]

Florida man loses US citizenship over $3.8 million Covid-19 relief fraud scheme; may face deportation

[ad_1] A man living in Florida has been stripped of his United States citizenship after being convicted in a multi-million dollar Covid-19 fraud case, according to a federal court ruling.The decision was issued by a US judge who found that the man, 25-year-old Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, had obtained his citizenship unlawfully and later took […]

Indian origin Sital Singh gets 4 years in US for $9.3 million elder fraud scheme; court ordered him to pay $6.6 million in restitution

[ad_1] A US court has sentenced Indian-origin Sital Singh to four years in prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims across the country. on Thursday also ordered Singh, 43, to pay $6.6 million in restitution. Prosecutors said the scheme, operated in coordination with overseas scammers, defrauded victims of nearly […]

Brampton man Udayveer Dhillon arrested over fraud scheme targeting South Asians with temporary immigration status

[ad_1] A 21-year-old Brampton man has been arrested after police uncovered an alleged fraud scheme that targeted members of the South Asian community with temporary immigration status.Investigators with the Peel Regional Police Fraud Bureau say the accused, identified as Udayveer Dhillon, was taken into custody on March 9 following an investigation that began in the […]

‘People don’t just show up at an ICE facility’: Major row over Sunny Naqvi’s ‘detention’ in Chicago, woman called ‘lying fraud’

[ad_1] A major row broke out after the federal administration contradicted the claims of the family members of Sunny Naqvi that she was detained for around 43 hours after arriving at a Chicago airport, though Naqvi is a US citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said the claims were blatantly false. Naqvi was referred for […]

7-year visa fraud scheme exposed in Texas: Two charged over fake H-1B and green card applications

[ad_1] Federal prosecutors in the United States say a visa consulting operation in North Texas ran a years-long scheme involving fraudulent immigration filings linked to work visas and employment-based green cards.According to court documents, two men, Abdul Hadi Murshid and Muhammad Salman Nasir, have been charged in connection with a large immigration fraud operation based […]

New rules for Diversity Visa: Valid, unexpired passport required from applicants for combatting fraud

[ad_1] The State Department released the final rules for the Green Card lottery or the Diversity Visa program, bringing back the measures introduced under the first Trump administration. Applicants for the Green Card lottery will now require a valid and unexpired passport from their home country before entering the lottery, beginning last month. The new […]

Indian-origin owner of Virginia grocery store pleads guilty to food stamp fraud: ‘Cash for SNAP’

[ad_1] 59-year-old Rajan Babbar, an Indian-origin owner of a medium-sized grocery store in Lynchburg, Virginia, has pleaded guilty to one count of fraud involving the federal government’s food stamp program SNAP and one count of transacting in criminally derived property. His store Taste of India was registered as a SNAP retailer in 2016, which means […]

41 sealed ballots found at home: Pakistani immigrant and ex-lawmaker sentenced to three years for election fraud in California

[ad_1] A former Lodi city (California) councilman has been sentenced to three years in jail for his role in a major election fraud scheme that took place during local elections, authorities said.Shakir Khan, who used to be on the Lodi City Council in California, pleaded no contest in January 2024 to 77 criminal charges, including […]