India, April 21 -- Two Indian-origin men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit visa fraud, according to the United States Department of Justice.

According to court documents, Rajidi operated two visa services firms - S-Team Software Inc. and Uptrend Technologies LLC. Through these companies, he filed H-1B Specialty Occupation visa petitions to bring foreign workers to the United States for temporary employment.

Mada served as Chief Information Officer at the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources in Davis. While he held supervisory authority, he was not authorised to independently hire H-1B workers for his department.

Between June 2020 and January 2023, Rajidi and Mada conspired to submit fraudulent H-1B visa ...