Texas Attorney General Expands H-1B Fraud Investigation

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on April 30 an expansion of an H-1B visa fraud probe to include almost 30 North Texas businesses. ​In a statement, Paxton said that Civil Investigative Demands had been issued to those businesses as an extension of an investigation into suspected fraud and abuse of the H-1B visa program, which began earlier with a focus on three companies. ​The demands, part of noncriminal investigations, are government requests for information issued before filing formal complaints or lawsuits. ​According to Paxton, the expanded list of companies is suspected of engaging in fraudulent practices designed to exploit the H-1B visa program....