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U.S.: 5 Indians Charged With Visa, Financial Schemes Fraud
The five represented to immigration authorities that MCI and IHE were legitimate institutes of higher learning where foreign students carried full course loads.
In reality, the majority of foreign students at the schools did not attend the required number of classes.
The defendants did not report this to authorities and continued to collect approximately USD 10,000 in annual tuition from each of these students.
When a campus of MCI came under regulatory scrutiny, the defendants would simply transfer students with delinquent attendance to an affiliated school that was not under scrutiny.
The accused also fabricated and manipulated documents in student aid files at MCI to hide the school's widespread non-compliance with Department of Education regulations. The department provides financial aid to low-income post-high school students to assist them in affording higher education.
MCI did not comply with federal laws and regulations governing the administration of such financial aid.
Foreign citizens are granted F-1 student visas to remain in the US as long as they are pursuing full courses of study at approved schools. If a student fails to attend classes as required, the school is required to inform immigration authorities, so that the authorities may terminate that student's visa.
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Source: PTI
