H1-B Abuse Tracker
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H1-B Abuse Tracker
@H1BExpose
Exposing the most egregious abusers of our country’s employment system.
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At Cognizant, non-Indian employees were 8.4x more likely to be fired.
A jury ran the numbers.
The verdict is brutal:
Over 2,300 workers.
Cognizant held the MOST H-1B visas of any employer in America for years. 
The playbook:
Bench the American. No work. Then swap in a visa worker from India. 
And in Dec 2025?
A federal judge ruled the same practices illegally hit US workers. 
Jury found it.
Judge backed it.
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@H1BExpose @potus why does Cognizant still have visa employment allowed at all? This is what we elected you to stop. To date there has been no material punishment for their abuse of this country. Why?
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When I was working in IT a decade ago, there used to be a mad rush among everyone to go to US on a visa. People expecting to go to US even after one year, two year experience. That was the only motivation to be in IT and only incentive to keep people motivated for work. And many did, even though they did not have required skills. Seniors, juniors, everyone wanted to go to US somehow because that was the criteria for success. I Used to detest that. Seniors used to tell us that earlier it was so easy to go to US pre 2012-13 that companies used to send almost everyone to US. Have seen people going to US who couldn't even speak English properly and type few commands. Well, it was a good way to make money.
Then there was another route to take admission in a US college after two three years of working, MIS was the most preferred course. Almost everyone who went to US under education route from my company took MIS course and are at good position in US companies. I used to wonder if Americans were so dumb that they couldn't even skill themselves with easy courses like testing or management information systems.
H1-B Abuse Tracker@H1BExpose
The biggest immigration fraud settlement in US history wasn’t a person. It was a company. Infosys paid $34 MILLION in 2013 to settle federal claims of systemic visa fraud.  The scheme: Fly workers in on $160 tourist visas to do jobs that legally required an H-1B.  Skip the cap. Skip the cost. It gets worse. They gave workers a written “Dos and Don’ts” list. Don’t say “work.” Don’t mention pay.  Over 80% of their I-9 forms were violations.  Not a mistake. A playbook.
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@QTheEngineer2 Thanks for flagging this. I will look into it.
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Meta had thousands of high-paying jobs.
Then made sure Americans couldn’t get them.
When a visa worker wanted a green card, Facebook ditched its normal hiring and actively pushed US workers away from those roles. 
The result?
The largest discrimination penalty in the history of US immigration law. 
The price tag: $14.25 million. 
For Meta, that’s not a punishment.
That’s a Tuesday.
When the fine is cheaper than the compliance, it’s not a deterrent.
It’s a business model.
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@SomeCallMeThim I’m looking through the databases. Any tips?
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@H1BExpose @iaproject So, are these two Indians really “of Dublin, CA,” or is it kind of like the infamous “Maryland Man?” If they are citizens, they need to be denaturalized during their incarceration.
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H-1B FRAUD RING BUSTED IN CALIFORNIA
Sampath Rajidi and Sreedhar Mada, both 51, of Dublin, CA, just pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit visa fraud.
Rajidi ran two IT staffing firms (S-Team Software, Uptrend Technologies). Mada was the Chief Information Officer at UC Agriculture & Natural Resources in Davis.
Here’s the scheme:
They filed H-1B petitions claiming foreign workers would staff “University of California” projects. Mada used his UC title to make it look legit.
The jobs didn’t exist.
Once the visas were approved, they quietly marketed those workers to OTHER employers, having already secured the H-1B slots on false pretenses.
Both face up to 5 years + $250K fines. Sentencing is July 30.
The program isn’t broken by accident. It gets gamed on purpose.
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@H1BExpose Organized immigration fraud so brazen so massive
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The biggest immigration fraud settlement in US history wasn’t a person.
It was a company.
Infosys paid $34 MILLION in 2013 to settle federal claims of systemic visa fraud. 
The scheme:
Fly workers in on $160 tourist visas to do jobs that legally required an H-1B. 
Skip the cap. Skip the cost.
It gets worse.
They gave workers a written “Dos and Don’ts” list. Don’t say “work.” Don’t mention pay. 
Over 80% of their I-9 forms were violations. 
Not a mistake. A playbook.
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@killsat17 It’s the equivalent of a citizen buying a bag of potato chips
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@H1BExpose Yeah, their operations subsidized by the US taxpayer because these H1Bs often bring family and put them on the government dole.
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“We need the visas, there’s a shortage.”
There’s no shortage.
There’s a price employers don’t want to pay.
Every market clears if you let the wage move.
The work visa exists so it doesn’t have to.
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@H1BExpose The supposed shortage is self fulfilling. If you don't employ Americans, Americans don't develop the skills you need. Corporations don't want the responsibility of developing and retaining people. They want to hire ready made employees from a magical talent factory.
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@H1BExpose These fines are not even really material at all. It has to be a material punishment, like 15% of total revenues.
That would be objectively material and would force massive systemic overhaul to ensure it does not happen again.
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@Lefayte I have a good report on Infosys coming out tomorrow
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@H1BExpose Infosys before charged for visa fraud, they paid the penalties and continued their frauds.
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@H1BExpose It’s happening everywhere. Started from NJ Indian owned consulting companies. Then spread to Tx, CA AND ALL STATES.
BAN H1b h4-EAD TN OPT CPT L1 L2 and all!!!
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@RawkeeshaPhD Great point. We must protect all Americans.
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@H1BExpose Getting rid of H1Bs is so important to protect Black jobs
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