In the case of fraud by sending people to America on student visa, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team on Wednesday raided Red Leaf, Infoviz Software Solution and other immigration companies located in Sector-22C, Sector-34A and Sector-44C.
The investigation team has recovered some passports and fake documents related to sending people abroad. During the action, the ED teams also found some cash, which they seized and took with them. Although the investigation teams did not find their operators in the offices, but during the raid, many documents including passports of the applicants for getting visa were found. Some fake documents were also found in the office of a company in Sector-22C, through which preparations were being made to send the youth abroad. After the raid, there is panic in other immigration companies as well.
ED tightened the noose after deporting many youth from America
In fact, a few days ago, the US government had deported the youth of many states living there after entering there without work visa or through other wrong ways. Most of these youth were from Haryana and Punjab. Along with the deported youth, there were some women who were brought in shackles. Due to this, cases of fraud have been registered against many immigration companies by the Delhi Embassy Headquarters. In these cases, now the ED teams have started investigating at their level under money laundering and taking action. ED’s investigation revealed that the immigration companies sent ineligible visa applicants willing to study or work in the United States abroad by falsifying their education certificates and experience letters.
This came to light in the investigation
It has come to light in the investigation that the immigration company operators wrongly helped various visa applicants to get the United States visa by tampering with wrong facts and documents. In return, the companies also took several lakhs of rupees from those who got the visa. The operators transferred this amount not to the company’s account but to different accounts.
Chandigarh-Mohali have the highest number of immigration fraud cases
Talking about cases of fraud in the name of sending people abroad, the police have registered 190 FIRs against 116 immigration companies in Chandigarh in the last one year. More than 550 fake immigration companies are currently operating in the city. In the last one year, fraud worth about 250 crores has happened only through immigration. Whereas, 222 FIRs were registered in Mohali.
