H-1B Visa Fraud Exposed: Indian-American entrepreneurs admit submitting false petitions for foreign workers

An Indian American US entrepreneur has admitted to committing visa fraud in federal court. In November first week, Kishore Dattapuram, 55, of Santa Clara, pleaded guilty in federal court to visa fraud and conspiracy to commit visa fraud.

Dattapuram and two other defendants, Kumar Aswapathi, 55, of Austin, Tex., and Santosh Giri, 48, of San Jose, were each charged in an indictment filed Feb. 28, 2019, with one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and 10 counts of substantive visa fraud.