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ComputerWorldNew indictment against IT firm expands counts but reduces demand, from $7.4M
August 31, 2009 08:18 PM ET
Computerworld - The U.S. government filed a new, expanded indictment last week against a New Jersey IT services firm it alleges fraudulently used H-1B visas through a scheme that delivered it millions of dollars in gains.
If federal prosecutors win their case against Visions System Group Inc., in South Plainfield, NJ -- part of apparent government H-1B enforcement push -- they will ask the court to approve $4.9 million in forfeited assets, an amount "representing the total amount of gross proceeds obtained as a result of offenses," the government said.
But that amount is also a reduction from the $7.4 million the U.S. sought from Visions Systems in its initial indictment, filed earlier this year. The reduction was not explained in court documents.
Visions Systems and its executives named in the indictment are fighting the charges in U.S. District Court in Iowa. The government alleges H-1B workers were paid based on Iowa's lower prevailing wage rates through the creation of shell firms in that state, and not the prevailing wage rates of the higher paying locations where they worked.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137317/U.S._government_seeks_5M_in_H_1B_fraud_case
Snip~ "Despite the reduction to $4.9 million sought, this case is likely to remain the largest H-1B fraud case ever brought by the government. The U.S. believes methods used by Visions Systems and by similar companies "have substantially deprived U.S. citizens of employment."
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