Indian sentenced for H-1B visa fraud

Houston: A 58-year-old Indian teacher in the US has been fined over $50,000 and ordered to serve three years of supervised release for defrauding several Indians on the pretext of providing them H-1B visas and teaching jobs in America. George Mariadas Kurusu, an H1-B visa holder and former Fort Stockton Independent School District teacher, was ordered to forfeit $5,987 to the government and serve three years of supervised release. He has been in custody since his arrest in May 2016. He admitted that from December 2012 to May last year, he defrauded several individuals out of more than $50,000.