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A New Jersey man was sentenced to 30 months in prison June 2, after admitting to running an eight-year illegal scheme to get natives of India into the United States. Sandipkumar Patel, 42, of Edison, was paid thousands of dollars by the Indian immigrants to lie on visa applications that he would provide jobs for them in technical positions at various New Jersey companies. Patel pleaded guilty to conspiracy and filing a false federal tax return and is required to pay back the IRS the underreported taxes.
According to court documents filed with the plea agreement last year, Patel sponsored the visa applications of Indian nationals from 2001 until 2009, by falsely claiming to provide employment for them in the United States. Patel falsely certified on the visa applications that he would employ the immigrants in various technical fields at several New Jersey companies, thereby facilitating their illegal entry into the United States.
Over the course of the scheme, immigrants paid Patel thousands of dollars for the false certifications to fraudulently secure the visas. To disguise the scheme, Patel issued payroll checks and other payroll forms. Patel required the immigrants to return the money from the checks and also to reimburse him for his payroll tax expenses. Patel used the fraudulent pay stubs and payroll checks to support false applications to extend the visas, and Patel charged the immigrants fees for the visa extensions.
As a result of falsely carrying the immigrant employees on his payrolls, Patel overstated his payroll expenses on his federal income tax returns by more than $1.4 million over four years, under-reporting his tax obligation by over $400,000 for those years.
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