Indian outsourcing firm Infosys charged with visa fraud

[kev374]

Story in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/us/22infosys.html?pagewanted=all

CBS first did this story:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7405064n&tag=mncol;lst;8

I have seen first hand the people this company brings in by the hundreds/thousands to work onsite…they have no specialized advanced knowledge whatsoever, these are people that perform routine work. Some just do IT testing and very rudimentary work that could very easily be done by Americans.

[bearishgurl]

I watched the 13 min video and am APPALLED! “Investigator” Conroy is BRILLIANT after hearing about these foreign “work” (lol) Visa abuses from an Alabama attorney who is litigating the alleged corporate perpetrators. She found 93 actual ads placed for American tech jobs on Indian websites in one day for which the actual worksite was on on US soil. NONE of these job postings were advertised in the US.

We all know well-known US companies were routinely “offshoring” jobs to India but this expose sheds light on the lengths US companies will go NOT to hire Americans in AMERICA!

This appears to be a widespread case of visa fraud, plain and simple, while qualified Americans sit idle whilst their families go into debt and their UI runs out.

This is unbelievable! I hope the Alabama attorney wins this case and the offending companies are forced to send all their illegal foreign workers back and hire Americans to fill those jobs. I hope they lose big time to the plaintiffs and this case receives as much public exposure as possible to send a message to corporate America that hiring AMERICANS to work in America is the ONLY way to do business.

Conroy has it right. She is posting ALL the US tech jobs ONLY posted on Indian sites in a site she created (similar to glassdoor) and is encouraging qualified Americans to apply for them! This is the ONLY way to get “aggrieved” plaintiffs in the US (as witnesses for the Alabama atty or for a new class-action case).

Do any Piggs know if Indian workers who work in tech jobs in the US on possibly illegal work Visas/permits are accepting less salary and benefits that the same company would pay to an American worker??

If not, what would be the incentive for a US company to hire an HB-1, B-1 or tourist visa holder for a job in the US over a qualified American?

I will follow this story and will be very interested to see how it turns out!

[bearishgurl]

I just saw the 2nd 10 min video – an interview with J. Palmer, an Infosys employee or contractor who is the the whistleblower in the Alabama case. He and his colleague “Marti” are really sticking their neck out talking to the media about Infosys’ hiring activities and I hope they receive a reward from the damages of this case when they win as it appears to be qui-tam.

There is no glory in being a “hero/heroine” who exposes fraud or corruption. Instead it’s a “career destroyer.”

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