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The indictment accuses Askarkhodjaev and several associates of committing a long list of other crimes. These include failing to pay employment taxes; failing to pay overtime; failing to pay workers in the manner required by federal regulations; defrauding insurance companies; employing illegal aliens and threatening the illegal workers with physical harm in order to coerce them to work. In addition, DOJ alleges that Askarkhodjaev and his associates used false information in order to obtain certification and approval for hundreds of foreign H-2B workers. (Id.).
The indictment further alleges that Askarkhodjaev and his associates required the foreign nationals they lured to the United States to work where they assigned them, but then threatened to cancel the immigration status of aliens who refused to work as directed. The defendants allegedly used false information to acquire fraudulent work visas for these foreign nationals." Staffing Firm Indicted for Labor Trafficking, Immigration | workforce.com
Workforce Management, May 28, 2009.
H1-B Visas are issued to out-of-the-country "highly skilled workers" who are here legally. Companies hiring H1-B Visa holders are responsible for the person and, if the opening is no longer necessary, then the company is supposed to pay for the Visa holder's return flight home immediately. Of course, this doesn't happen very often.
This sham company held these workers it sponsored with the threat of sending them back to their own countries.
H1-B Visas are issued to out-of-the-country "highly skilled workers" who are here legally. Companies hiring H1-B Visa holders are responsible for the person and, if the opening is no longer necessary, then the company is supposed to pay for the Visa holder's return flight home immediately. Of course, this doesn't happen very often.
This sham company held these workers it sponsored with the threat of sending them back to their own countries.
Shameless, indeed.
Many use the threat of deportation to exploit illegals too.
I doubt that there is a single employer of illegals who is doing it for any reason but to make a big easy profit or to bring in family members. It's all about greed.
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