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Tech CEO thrown in the clink for seven years for H-1B gang-master role

theregister.co.uk

31 pointsedandersen9 comments

This is less time than many people get from a simple pot posession charge. Wtf.

> It actually gets worse: Samal started the scam while still on probation for another crime. In 2009, he was found guilty of computer intrusion after he directed an employee to take down a client’s website. He then lied about it to the FBI. Samal reached a plea deal… and then started up Divensi and Azimetry in 2010 and 2011 while still on probation.

After reading about the actions he took (depositing employees 401k contributions to his account, setting up fake workstations, etc) I'm surprised it was only 7 years.

The workers paid their own H1B fees which should have been a red flag to them.

This is one of the reason why USCIS has taken such a tough stance lately, abuse of the system by few bad apples have ruined the whole H1B immigration process for legitimate candidates.

"He was arrested at Seattle’s international airport when he returned in August 2018 – on the advice of his spiritual advisor who told him it would be safe."

"Spiritual advisor", you say? As opposed to, say, "personal legal counsel"? And, hey, wait a minute...what the hell was this spiritual advisor doing the whole time Samal was defrauding everyone he came in contact with? Or why hire a spiritual advisor if you're going to (apparently) ignore anything they have to say?

> His lawyer had told him not to but he was assured by his Guruji that god would “take care that the entire journey is without problem.”

His lawyer said no. His (separate) spiritual advisor said go.

Good! I think we could solve a lot of immigration issues if the government targets the corporations that abuse the system, not the people.

why did you link to comment section. actual article link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/24/ceo_jailed_visa_fau...

Changed from https://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/all/2019/09/24/ceo_ja.... Thanks!

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