H-1B Fraud - How This Telugu Couple Cheated Several Students In America

In a shocking incident, a lookout notice is out on a Telugu couple in the US for allegedly cheating many students on the pretext of getting them H-1B visas.

Going into details, Rs 1 crore has been collected for issuing H1B visas to students with F1 visas studying in the US.

Muthyala Sunil and Praneetha have collected up to Rs. 10 crores from 30 Telugu students with each student charged $ 25,000. Students were shocked to learn that they had been deceived after the money was paid. 30 affected Telugu students have lodged a complaint against Muthyala Sunil and Praneetha at the Atlanta Homeland Security.

The alleged scam was revealed after a complaint was lodged with the Department of Homeland Security in Atlanta. However, it is believed that the fraud was committed over several months.

Sunil and Praneeth transferred the money collected from the students to Sunil's father Muthyala Satyanarayana's account. It was revealed that he had also deposited assets worth crores of rupees. Sunil and Praneeth are allegedly absconding and it was suspected that they have fled to Europe.

Satyanarayana, a resident of West Godavari district is also absconding. Sunil and Praneetha collected crores of rupees in the name of the consultant company while the police advise students not to believe unauthorized consultants and people for the sake of visas.