NRI H1B violator fined $100000
By Bala Shah

The US had set up the H-1B visa program to hire on a short term basis highly skilled workers not available in America. While most Indian tech firms win contracts based on their quality computing skills and competitive costs and treat their H-1B techies well, there are others which exploit Indians at every opportunity.  The US Govt had announced huge fines for some such firms.

Indian companies, especially tech firms, use majority of the H1B Visas.

Dnyanoba Kendre was born in a humble farming family in Latur, India and studied BE Computers before making his way to USA with $50 in his pocket.  Like many bright immigrants, he did an MBA in USA, and floated a software company which had revenues of $600,000 in its first year alone.  This was followed by more success and millions in revenue.  He also floated a Healthcare Company. In 2002, Ernst and Young selected him as one of their local ‘Entrepreneurs of the Year’.

But Kendre was also misusing H1B Visas in a big way.  The US Government has announced that Kendre has been jailed for 21 months and fined $100,112 for frauding their Working Visa system

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According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Dnyanoba "Ken" Kendre, 43, of Mechanicsburg, was sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment and ordered to pay $100,112 in restitution following his guilty plea to visa fraud and money laundering charges. The sentence was imposed by Senior United States District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo in Harrisburg, Smith said.

The charges to which Kendre pleaded guilty stemmed from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General; the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation; the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations; and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Fraud Detection and National Security.

The investigation revealed that Kendre, owner of Global Empire, d/b/a Global Healthcare Group and Fortune 500 Systems, defrauded the H1-b, Temporary Foreign Worker Visa Program, as well as the Permanent Labor Certification Program, by submitting Labor Condition Applications containing false and misleading information.
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