A 58-year-old Indian teacher in the US has been fined over $50,000 and ordered to serve three years of supervised release by a court for defrauding several Indians on the pretext of providing them H-1B visas and teaching jobs in America.
George Mariadas Kurusu, a H1-B visa holder and former Fort Stockton Independent School District (FSISD) teacher, was also ordered to forfeit $5,987 to the Government and serve three years of supervised release. He has been in federal custody since his arrest in May last year.
US District Judge louis Guirola sentenced Kurusu to time served (approximately 11 months) and ordered him to pay $53,004.51 restitution for the wire fraud scheme involving the hiring of Indian nationals to teach in the US.
In January, Kurusu pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud; one count of fraud in foreign labor contracting; one count of tampering with a witness, victim or an informant; and, one count of making a false statement on a visa application.