18-Month Sentence Handed Down in H-1B Fraud Case

"Sunny Khanna was sentenced today to 18 months in prison by Judge John McBryde, following his conviction in September for aiding and abetting fraud and misuse of documents. Khanna’s sentence is a downward departure from the United States Sentencing Guidelines in recognition of Khanna’s assistance in the prosecution of his co-defendants, Syed S. Shahabuddin and Shariq Ahmed Khan," Pegasus News Wire reports. "According to documents filed in court, beginning sometime prior to March 2001, Sunny Khanna and his co-defendants were part of a conspiracy to provide false paperwork to aliens illegally in the United States to allow them to get work permits . . . The beneficiaries of the petitions filed by Sunny Khanna were mainly from Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka and Yemen. RDCR submitted approximately 95 petitions with the INS for H-1B visas."

"Of the 95 petitions filed, only one of the aliens was denied a visa. That means 94 potential terrorists are working somewhere in the U.S. I hope the DHS is hunting these people down, but if previous history is any guide nothing will be done until a disaster occurs," notes the Job Destruction newsletter.

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