San Jose Tech Staffing Firm Owner Jailed For H-1B Visa Fraud

India-West News Desk

SAN JOSE, CA– Kishore Dattapuram, owner of the technology staffing firm Nanosemantics, has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the H-1B visa program. The 55-year-old from Santa Clara admitted to conspiracy and substantive visa fraud.

Dattapuram’s company facilitated the placement of skilled foreign workers at Bay Area tech firms. To gain an advantage, Nanosemantics submitted fraudulent visa petitions, falsely stating that workers had specific jobs waiting for them at designated companies. In some instances, Dattapuram even paid companies to falsely appear as the end employers, knowing the workers would never be hired by them.

The aim of the scheme was to secure H-1B visas for job candidates before actual positions were available. This allowed Nanosemantics to quickly place these workers once jobs opened, bypassing standard visa processing times and gaining an unfair edge over competitors.

U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila handed down the sentence, which also includes three years of supervised release, forfeiture of over $125,000, a $7,500 fine, and additional fees.