H1B visa fraud :7 Indians arrested, immigration racket busted

Cygate Software & Consulting founder Nilesh Dasondi in H1B Visa Scam

Another H1B Visa Scam busted by the US federal agencies which led to arrest of a fraud consultant along with another 6 Gujaratis, this busted immigration racket run by an IT company owner, Nilesh Dasondi who charged tens of thousands of dollars from expatriates by fraudulently sponsoring their H1-B.

The owner,Nilesh Dasondi, 41, was arrested last week on multiple counts of visa fraud involving his company Cygate Software & Consulting Inc, that runs offices in India and Canada.Dasondi is accused of filing federal work visa and immigration documents for six people who did not work for his company between 2003 and 2007.

Nilesh Dasondi was also a political hopeful who waged an unsuccessful campaign in last year's Edison council primary.

Among those arrested were 42-year-old Kishor Parikh, Devang Patel, 31, and 40-year-old Chetan Trivedi.