Category: visa fraud

Chinese National Convicted for Fraudulently Obtaining US Visas for Individuals Working for Beijing

A Chinese national from New Jersey has been convicted of committing visa fraud to get government employees of the Chinese regime into the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 23. Liu Zhongsan, 59, of Fort Lee, was arrested and charged in September 2019. He was convicted on March 22 of one…


Chinese National Convicted of Fraudulently Obtaining US Visas for Individuals Working for Beijing

A Chinese national from New Jersey has been convicted of fraudulently obtaining U.S. visas to get Chinese government employees into the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on March 23. Liu Zhongsan, 59, of Fort Lee, was arrested and charged in September 2019. He was convicted on March 22 of one count of…


China’s ZTE Headed to Court Over Possible US Probation Violation

Lawyers for ZTE Corp. have been summoned to U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday for a hearing over whether the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker violated probation in connection with an alleged conspiracy to commit visa fraud. ZTE, a partially state-owned Chinese telecommunications and information technology company, is on probation in the United States after pleading…


ZTE Awaits Judge’s Ruling After US Probation Hearing

An FBI agent testified on Monday that Chinese nationals brought to the United States under research visas went to work for ZTE Corp. in New Jersey—a possible sign the Chinese tech company violated its probation from a 2017 U.S. plea deal. At a hearing in federal court in Dallas, FBI special agent Marcus Wondergem said…


US Arrests Chinese Businessman Accused of Visa Fraud

A fugitive Chinese entrepreneur was arrested in Las Vegas last week for allegedly having used fraudulently obtained visas to enter the United States. Prosecutors accused 57-year-old Shi Jianxiang of lying about his names to obtain two non-immigrant visas, which he used to enter the United States in 2016. A federal magistrate on Friday denied him…


Georgia Tech Professor Indicted For Fraudulently Sponsoring Visas for Chinese Nationals

A Georgia Tech professor has been accused by federal prosecutors of violating customs laws by using his position to bring Chinese nationals into the United States to work at an partially state-owned Chinese information technology firm in New Jersey. Chinese national Gee-Kung Chang, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology for 19 years, was…


Chinese Woman Charged with Fraud, Illegally Bringing Chinese Nationals to the US

A Nevada-based Chinese woman was arrested and charged on Wednesday for allegedly bringing Chinese nationals illegally into the United States in exchange for money. Liao Haiyan, also known as Daisy Liao, is a Chinese-born, naturalized U.S. citizen living in Las Vegas. According to an indictment unsealed at a U.S. district court in Nevada on Jan….