A Hindu leader from India, who had established a temple in Milwaukee city of the US state of Wisconsin, has been jailed for 37 months for religious visa fraud and would be deported to his native country after serving his sentence. A Milwaukee court gave its sentencing order after it found Sagarsen Haldar, aka Gopal Hari Das, who is the founder, president, CEO and spiritual leader of Gaudiya Vaisnava Society...
11:26 AM, Jan 25, 2013
London: Thousands of Indian and other non-EU students are facing an uncertain situation due to the possibility of a major university here losing its licence to admit overseas students as part of a crackdown on student visa abuse. The London Metropolitan University, which has offices in New Delhi and Chennai, is one of the major destinations for Indian students coming to the UK. The university's licence to admit non-EU was...
10:28 AM, Aug 29, 2012
New York: There seems to be some bad news for the students planning to study abroad. After Tri-Valley University, another US college is in a visa fraud row. The CEO of Herguan University in California, Jerry Wang, has been arrested for fraud. The college, incidentally, attracts a large number of Indian students. Federal authorities raided the private 'unaccredited' college in Sunnyvale in California, arresting the CEO of the Herguan University,...
08:20 AM, Aug 04, 2012
Washington: India's IT giant Infosys brought in Indian workers illegally to US and often abused business visa rules requiring foreign workers to be paid US market rate, a former company insider has alleged. Infosys could just have easily found local IT specialists to do what they were bringing foreigners in to do, at a fraction of the cost, Jay Palmer, a consultant for the firm was quoted as saying by...
12:29 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New York: An Indian spiritual guru has been found guilty by a federal jury of selling religious worker visas to Indians for over $ 30,000 each to enable them to enter the US fraudulently. Sagarsen Haldar, 31, also known as Gopal Hari Das, identified himself as the president of a Hindu temple Gaudiya Vaisnava Society (GVS) in Milwaukee. A federal jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin found Haldar guilty...
08:14 AM, Nov 20, 2011
New Delhi: An American employee of Infosys Technologies Ltd has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging systematic visa and tax fraud. The lawsuit alleges misuse of the B1 visa which permits Indian techies a four-month stay in the US. As per US norms B1 visa holders are not allowed to be paid. The case is being looked into by the Secretary, Homeland Security, USA. Infosys sources admitted that it...
03:23 PM, May 18, 2011
Washington: The president of the California-based Tri-Valley University, Susan Xiao-Ping Su, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on the allegations of visa fraud and money laundering that affected nearly 1,500 Indian students. Su, 41, was taken into custody on Monday morning at her Pleasanton, California, home by special agents of the Homeland Security Investigations of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She made her initial appearance here...
12:12 PM, May 04, 2011
Boston: An Indian businessman has been sentenced to prison in California on charges he fraudulently tried to get H-1B work visas for workers from India to fill non-existent jobs in the US. Srinivasa Chennupati has been sentenced to six months in prison and three years of supervised release for making false statements on 11 applications for the high-technology worker visas, the Department of Justice said in a statement. 33-year-old Chennupati...
10:21 AM, Apr 01, 2011
Washington: US immigration authorities have removed radio tags from the ankles of two Indian students from California-based Tri Valley University (TVU), which has been shut down on charges of massive visa fraud. "Immigration attorney, Kalpana Peddibhotla had taken two of the students to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and she has been able to obtain the removal of the radio tags from them," Susmita Gongulee Thomas, the Consul General, Indian...
07:34 AM, Feb 10, 2011
Fake varsity: Consul General Susmita G Thomas denied all allegations of visa fraud. ...
12:13 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Washington: The California University accused of a massive "visa fraud" by US immigration officials says the charges against the college are "baseless" and that it has not cheated any student. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claims that the college acted as a front for a massive immigration racket. Ninety five per cent of the students are reported to be from India. Some of them are now in danger...
06:03 PM, Feb 01, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Are the indian students culpable or victims?' ...
11:17 PM, Jan 31, 2011
We have sent my sister in a very proper manner, says Ajay Kishor, brother of a student. ...
08:16 AM, Jan 31, 2011
Washington: Duped by an American university, a harassed group of Indian students has met the Consul General in San Francisco seeking help to complete their studies and claimed that they have not violated any law. A group of 35 students from Tri-Valley University (TVU) yesterday met Consul General Sushmita Gongulee Thomas. Thomas said she had also sought factual position from the US Government on the status of these students. "We...
11:30 AM, Jan 28, 2011
Legislation seeks to prevent fraud but may end up creating trade barriers. ...
08:08 PM, Apr 24, 2009
With three more arrested the number of those behind bars in the case is now five. ...
07:47 PM, Nov 12, 2008
Tamil Nadu Police claim he confessed to his crime during interrogation. ...
12:13 AM, Nov 11, 2008
The family that owns the South Indian fast food chain is in trouble, again. ...
01:46 AM, Nov 10, 2008
