Astonishing Level of Fraud in H-1B Petitions

USCIS investigators investigated a a random sample from 97,000 H-1B petitions filed in 2005 and 2006. They reported fake signatures, fake degrees and the use of shell companies used in applications.

They also found out that 21% contained fraudulent information and technical violations of federal laws.

They reported that the violations and forgeries were higher among the computer professionals. 27% of the random sample they investigated had violations or forgeries of some sort.

Source: Computerworld, Framingham, MA, USA