India, March 17 -- Bhaskar Savani and Arun Savani, two Indian-origin brothers from Pennsylvania in the US, who ran a multi-state criminal enterprise involving a visa fraud scheme, healthcare fraud, and money laundering have been convicted and face over 400 years in jail, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Monday.

The US authorities said the Savani brothers filed false H-1B visa applications and petitions to exploit foreign workers and defrauded the US' Medicaid program of over $30 million.

The two convicts were also involved in money laundering through complex channel of Savani Group corporate entities' bank accounts and also carried out dental surgeries without approval from US federal health agency.

The brothers...