What Happened To The H-1B Employees Charged With IT Employer As Visa Fraud Conspirators?

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The H-1B employees who were originally indicted as co-conspirators in connection with Vision Systems work visa fraud scheme have either plead guilty to reduced charges or had charges dismissed last year. Apparently, these results were in exchange for the H-1B workers cooperating with the investigation and prosecution of their employer. Most of those who plead guilty did […]

Vision Systems Owners Plead Guilty To H-1B Related Fraud Charge

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

The H-1B Legal Rights Blog posted an article in February 2009 about the two owners of the now defunct IT services firm Vision Systems. The owners pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection with submitting a fraudulent H-1B petition, and they were sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay $236,250 in restitution to USCIS. Vision Systems and its […]

Pursuing Unpaid Wages? Get Your Ducks In A Row

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Former White House Lawyer Talks Of Ill-Trodden Steps And Reinforces Integrity | State Bar Of Wisconsin

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I recently attended a Wisconsin State Bar seminar, where speaker Egil “Bud” Krogh spoke of his experience as a former Nixon administration attorney, and his admitted involvement in illegal decisions. As noted in a WI Bar article: Krogh authorized a covert operation to burglarize the office of Ellsberg’s psychiatrist to find information that would discredit […]

Websites With Information About H-1B Employers And H-1B Filings

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Readers interested in H-1B worker issues may already know of many websites with information about H-1B employers and H-1B filings. But in case you haven’t heard, below are some websites with H-1B-related information that may be of interest. (Please note these websites are potential resources for information of interest, but this blog’s authors are not […]

“Salaried” Workers With Hours Docked May Be Overtime-Eligible

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If you are a worker paid a salary, then you may be ineligible for overtime pay, assuming other circumstances exist as well. (Being paid a salary is one of multiple criteria that must be met before an employer can consider you overtime-exempt). However, some workers who are called “salaried” workersby their employers are not paid on a “salaried basis” […]

Wage Issues? Tip #10: Avoid Signing Documents You Disagree With

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This post continues my series of tips, or things to consider, for workers with unpaid wages. Tip #10 is this: Don’t Sign Documents the Employer Presents That You Disagree With, or Believe to Be False. If you have unpaid wages, and an employer approaches you with a document to sign relating to the unpaid wages, chances […]

Wage Issues? Tip #8: Being Paid On Salary Basis Does Not (By Itself) Exclude You From Overtime Pay

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This post continues my series of tips, or things to consider, for workers with unpaid wages. Tip #8 is this: Being Paid on Salary Basis Does Not (By Itself) Exclude You From Overtime Pay. There is a common myth among workers that if a worker is paid on a salaried basis, then the worker is not […]