[mdlug] Compuware - Ford - Jobs Available
Aaron Kulkis
akulkis00 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 26 13:41:28 EDT 2009
Robert Adkins wrote:
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>> gib at juno.com wrote:
>>>
>>> The Compuware contract with Ford may be ending. Many
>> people are being taken off of the Ford account. So, Ford
>> will be bringing in replacements.
>>
>> Better not be from Wipro -- if so, all of Michigan should be
>> up in arms... literally.
>>
>
> This could be opening up a can of worms, but why?
>
> I do not know anything of this Wipro you speak of.
You've heard stories of people being told that they're
going to be layed off, and that their separation benefits
are dependent upon training their replacements from India?
In almost all cases, that's Wipro or a similar company.
They are the number one abuser of the H1-B visa program,
using it to displace citizens, which is in contradiction
with U.S. law.
About 10 years ago, when I first heard that the H1-B program
was being abused, I didn't believe it...but then I started
seeing more and more evidence that supports the accusation.
It's being used to displace American IT workers, not
supplement, which is the purpose of the program.
Watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU
Immigration attorneys from Cohen & Grigsby explains how
they assist employers in running classified ads with the
goal of NOT finding any qualified applicants, and the
steps they go through to disqualify even the most
qualified Americans in order to secure green cards for
H-1b workers. See what Bush and Congress really mean by a
"shortage of skilled U.S. workers." Microsoft, Oracle,
Hewlett-Packard, and thousands of other companies are
running fake ads in Sunday newspapers across the country
each week.
[This was originally put up by the law firm advocating
this illegal (fraud) tactic themselves]
Lawrence M. Lebowitz, VP of Marketing - Cohen & Grigsby
giving a presentation on how to specifically AVOID getting
any annoying job Applications by U.S. citizens so as to
(fraudulently -- by conducting an employee search in bad
faith) justify applying for H1-B slots.
Recently, an economic official in the Indian government
made a statement that they consider cramming as many
of their own citizens into our H1-B program to be an
essential part of the Indian government's long term
economic plan (for one, they are bringing back a large
body of knowledge of both business practices AND also
every project outsourced to India becomes one in which
the Indian engineers gain enough knowledge about it to
take off and replicate the project themselves -- Motorola
recently (and STUPIDLY, I might add) got burned doing
this. Idiot managers trying to save a few $, or inflate
the headcount of subordinates on their resumes)
ICE crackdowns are starting (finally after 10 years!)
www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0902/090212desmoines.htm
The H-1B Fraud Rate: Over 20%, Says USCIS
For those just joining us, the H-1B program is
a provision in U.S. immigration law which brings
65,000 educated workers (mostly tech guys from
India) to the U.S. each year, with regulatory
restrictions in place to ensure:
1. H-1Bs can only be hired for jobs where 'no
qualified American can be found' and
2. H-1Bs must be paid market rates so as not
to depress tech salaries.
Critics argue neither provision ever gets enforced,
and in practice H-1Bs compete directly against
American citizens at cut-rate prices, making life
miserable for IT workers.
[SMOKING GUN HERE:]
The issue leaped back into the spotlight when Senator
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) called Microsoft (MSFT) on the
carpet for advocating for an expansion of the H-1B
program mere weeks before beginning thousands of
company-wide layoffs.
[Here we are in the midst of a recession, in which
IT talent has around a 10% unemployment rate, and
this year's H1-B allotment was, as usual, consumed
in ONE DAY].
Fortunately, enforcement is starting to take place:
Federal government started doing investigations about 2
years ago; arrests are starting to take place:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20090311/bs_bw/mar2009db20090310197597
[excerpt]
Part of that growth includes the U.S. headquarters of
Pacific West, an IT consulting firm that employs both
U.S. and H-1B visa workers from overseas. It is
there, in a nondescript six-story office building at
2600 Aurora Ave., that dozens of skilled workers,
mostly from India, were supposed to be working in
2004 and 2005.
But according to a federal lawsuit filed on Dec. 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, some of those who came to work for Pacific West didn't get to enjoy the town's charms, or the computer programing or engineering jobs they expected to fill. A federal grand jury charges that in fact many of the workers wound up on the East and West coasts, working for companies that had nothing to do with technology.
Coordinated Federal Investigation
Two Pacific West executives, Vishnu Reddy and Chockalingam Palaniappan -- also referred to as "Chuck Pal" in court documents -- are charged with filing false documents with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Labor Dept. to take advantage of the lower wage requirements in Iowa.
Critics of the worker-visa system have long claimed
it is gamed by companies to replace skilled U.S.
workers with lower-paid foreigners. But the
allegations against executives at Pacific West -- as
well as those at four other companies under
investigation -- reveal the mechanics of a specific
scheme that allegedly allowed employers to
fraudulently cheat H-1B visa workers of their proper
wage rates. Lawsuits have been brought against
individual companies for H-1B visa fraud in the past,
but allegations against Pacific West and other
Iowa-based companies point to what may have become a
common scheme to underpay H-1B visa workers by
misrepresenting their geographic work location.
[Translation: Violating the relavent immigration law,
they were paying the H1-B workers BELOW the 50th
percentile/prevailing wage rate -- which means that
they weren't brought in for any specific skill, but
just so management could reduce payroll costs].
Details of this alleged fraud emerged as the U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa announced
the arrest of 13 people in six states connected with
five IT services companies, and the indictment of one
company, Vision Systems Group, following a
coordinated federal investigation. Vision Systems
Group was ordered to forfeit $7.4 million that it
allegedly obtained through fraudulent means. Three
other technology companies -- Worldwide Software
Services and Sana Systems, both based in Clinton,
Iowa; and Venurisoft of Clive, Iowa -- remain under
investigation for document fraud, prosecutors said.
Vision Systems Group, Worldwide Software Services,
and Sana Systems did not return phone calls and
e-mail messages seeking comment.
www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0902/090212desmoines.htm
(excerpt below)
Federal authorities, with assistance from state
and local law enforcement, served search
warrants at addresses in Urbandale and Clive,
Iowa; in Santa Clara, Rancho Cucamonga and
Arcadia, Calif.; and in South Plainfield, N.J.
This investigation involves companies that sponsor
primarily H-1B non-immigrants, or temporary workers
in specialty occupations that require a particular
expertise. The companies that are the subject of
this investigation have asserted that the foreign
workers have been brought to the U.S. to fill
existing vacancies. However, the companies allegedly
have not always had jobs available for these workers,
thereby placing them in non-pay status after they
arrive in the United States. In some cases, the
foreign workers have allegedly been placed in jobs
and locations not previously certified by the
Department of Labor, displacing qualified American
workers and violating prevailing wage laws.
The companies and foreign workers have allegedly
submitted false statements and documents in support
of their visa petitions. The false statements and
documents were mailed or wired to state and federal
agencies in support of the visa applications. The
companies are suspected of visa fraud, mail fraud,
wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.
"The foreign labor certification programs are
designed to permit U.S. employers to hire foreign
workers to fill jobs essential to American
businesses," said Daniel R. Petrole, deputy
inspector general, U.S. Department of Labor.
"Our agency remains resolute in its commitment
with its law enforcement partners to investigate
fraud committed against these Department of Labor
programs."
U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ
foreign workers in specialty occupations that
require theoretical or technical expertise in
specialized fields, such as scientists, engineers,
or computer programmers. As part of the H-1B
program, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
and the Department of Labor (DOL) require U.S.
employers to meet specific labor conditions to
ensure that American workers are not adversely
impacted, while the DOL's Wage and Hour Division
safeguards the treatment and compensation of H-1B
workers. Congress sets a numerical cap for the
admission of skilled workers into the U.S. The
current H-1B cap is set at 65,000 visas per
fiscal year. H-1B aliens can work in the United
States for three years, with an option for an
additional three years (for a maximum of six years).
Those arrested Wednesday by ICE agents include:
1. Shiva Neeli, arrested in Boston, Mass.;
charged with conspiracy and mail fraud.
2. Ramakrishna Maguluri, arrested in Atlanta, Ga.;
charged with conspiracy and mail fraud.
3. Villiappan Subbaiah, arrested in Dallas, Texas;
charged with conspiracy and mail fraud.
4. Suresh Pola, arrested in Pennsylvania;
charged with conspiracy and mail fraud.
5. Vishnu Reddy, arrested in Los Angeles, Calif.;
charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and
wire fraud.
6. Chockalingam Palaniappan, arrested in San Jose,
Calif.; charged with conspiracy, mail fraud
and wire fraud.
7. Vijay Myneni, arrested in San Jose, Calif.;
charged with conspiracy and mail fraud.
8. Venkata Guduru, arrested in New Jersey;
charged with conspiracy and mail fraud.
9. Praveen Andapally, arrested in New Jersey;
charged with conspiracy, mail fraud,
wire fraud, and making false statements
in an immigration matter.
10. Amit Justa, arrested in New Jersey; charged
with conspiracy and mail fraud.
11. Karambir Yadav, arrested in Louisville, Ky.;
charged with conspiracy and mail fraud.
Other cases
http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/7-arrested-h1b-visa-fraud/
http://www.clintonherald.com/homepage/local_story_043100615.html?keyword=leadpicturestory
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24114
Newjersey followed by Mass now - few more people arrested for immigration fraud
Federal, state and local authorities are tightening the noose on H1-B fraud schemes in the United States, where the Customs and Immigration Service claims 1 in 5 H1-B visas are obtained under false pretenses. New Jersey and Massachusetts are the most recent focus of H1-B fraud scams.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-...SM03032009STR3
In the scheme, four men were charged Dec. 4 with producing
documents falsely stating that H1-B visa applicants had a
job with the Commonwealth when, in fact, they did not.
Richard Schwartz, a now former Massachusetts' employee,
signed the documents and is charged with one count of
visa fraud, which brings penalties of up to five years
in prison time and a $250,000 fine.
Sridhar Reddy, Sudha Rani and Venkat Naidu are also charged
with one count of visa fraud. Reddy and Rani face additional
charges of visa fraud totalling up to 15 years of prison.
----
Some additional ideas on how to make this program almost or 100% fraud free. All H1B/L1B applicants will have to clear exams like TOEFL/GRE/GMAT/SAT or something on their lines and score above a certain number. Only then will they get a visa. Of course, it goes along with other stringent measures proposed like proof of a "genuine" job et al. To avoid fraud, the exams should be conducted like they are with an F1 so no one can game the system by having someone else appear for the exam. This way the pseudo-IT frauds (like the ones who did NIIT after BA/BSc) will be vetted and thrown out in the application stage itself. I am not being arrogant here but I'm also tired of being categorized with these people inspite of having a Computer Engineering degree (4-YEAR) from a reputed college.
I myself have appeared for one of these exams and scored well. So I am not scared of these, neither should be the genuine candidates. What say?
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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/03/fbi-arrests-dc.html
FBI Arrests DC Official
March 12, 2009 11:23 AM
Before the crack of dawn Thursday morning, more than
a half-dozen cars and SUVs full of FBI agents pulled
up to the northwest, Washington, DC, home of Yusuf
Acar, the head of IT Technology in the Washington
DC city government's Office of the Chief Technology
Officer.
The FBI agents, wearing bullet proof vests, presented
a search warrant to Acar, handcuffed him and arrested
him.
They then began searching his home. Acar's
mother-in-law came to take away his three young
children while his wife remained in their house.
Also this morning, agents began searching the office
of the Chief Technology Officer.
Vivek Kundra -- who last week was appointed Chief
Information Officer by the Obama administration -- is
Acar's former boss, having served as the city's Chief
Technology Officer until early February.
No other information was forthcoming from the FBI.
-- jpt
User Comments
I'm from India and would not give a second thought
on the involvement of Mr.Kundra in this bribery. It's
the way we spoiled our country and its disheartening
to know that these people are spreading this epidemic
all over the world. If the one that gave bribe is an
indian, for sure he would have given it taking this
guy into "consideration".
Please don't deport them back to India. They will
bribe here and become free.
We already have enough corrupt politicians and
businessmen. WE DON'T NEED MORE.
Widespread resume "enhancement" has been a characteristic of H1-B abuse, and oftentimes disastrous off-shore outsourcing projects involving India and IT. Then comes THIS:
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?messageID=96313
I found my resume with another person's name on it.
I have heard of this, and even dealt with some *ahem*
offshore individuals trying to game the interview
process for gathering marketplace information.
But I never thought I would see an *ahem* offshore
name using my resume.
Can anyone spot the change in writing style, or
formatting? Or the fact that the person was employed
at a company in CO from March 2007 - Present and a
company in IL from Aug 2007 to December 2007.
Here is the copy,
<http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/res/989968402.html>
and another resume with the same reference to
Business Analyst/Programmer, Sapphire Technologies & Air
Methods Corp - (Mar 2007 - Present)
<http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/res/989476579.html>
Here is a google search result with at least two results
using the phrase above.
<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Business+Analyst/Programmer,+Sapphire+Technologies+%26+Air+Methods+Corp+-+(Mar+2007+-+Present)%22&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GGIH&filter=0>
Resume mill? I cannot overstate fact. Fake listings? Of course.
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?messageID=80012
SKundu Posts: 28 Registered: 2/26/07
Re: 8 months on bench with SAP ABAP what to do
Posted: Jul 12, 2008 4:27 PM
in response to: Sap is sucking me
In my previous company, I worked with many H1B visa
holders .One of them was arrested by US Immigration
Department. Later on we learned what was happened to him
- In fact , the highest degree he had - Indian High
School Diploma.
- He had no real job experience.
- He did false job experiences , false Master's degree
on his resume.
Technically this is a US Immigration Fraud (obtaining H1B
visa through false resume, false degree)
Somehow US Govenment found the fact & he was arrested
& sent to prison.
Many H1B's are doing fraud with US Immigration Department
(www.uscis.gov) in these days & randomly they are checking
H1B's papers.
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CSCS Posts: 5 Registered: 6/14/08
Hey, I read from other forums about how to get the very
first job after paid and got certified from some SAP
training programs in Canada. What was being told was you
can just use school projects as your professional
experience and the school will provide proof for you.
So these canadians found jobs in US via TN visa with real
world experience and certifications all from the same
school.
The most recent story was a gal added 3 years "experience"
to her resume and landed an SAP support job starting in
June, of course along with her certification. I believe
her job is in US.
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pjam1976 Posts: 4,285 Registered: 6/19/07
Yeah and a guy who pretends some documents and forum
chatter equates to 5 years of SAP experience is somebody
who earned the right to get a job? Give me a break. I
guess you can equate best and the brightest to the best
at lying on their resume according to your logic. That's
meritocracy. A place where you can't check on a H1B's real
experience so you assume it's legit. Except half the time
anymore it's far from the truth.
There is nothing wrong with working hard to get what you
want. But somebody who pretends he spent 5 years doing SAP
when the reality is he spent 0 years doing SAP isn't
somebody working hard to earn that job. They only got it
because they lied and were an H1B. I wouldn't call that
meritocracy at all.
If it's easy for you to assume that US Citizens who aren't
working are lazy and outdated and can't keep their skills
up to date... I guess it would be easy to assume that the
H1Bs are the dumb ones who couldn't find an IT job in
India. That's the problem when you throw stereotypes
around. It goes both ways.
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