The University of Farmington, a fake school in Michigan, was the product of a four-year undercover operation by the Department of Homeland Security.
DETROIT – In February 2018, a foreign student from India called a university in metro Detroit to ask when classes would start.
Sounding confused, the student replied:"I don't know that actually. ... I don't know what to do now." 'I'm no safer because of the sting operation,' defense lawyer arguesThe Free Press also reviewed transcripts of a phone conversation between an undercover agent and Karnati, and the interrogation in January 2019 of Karnati by federal agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations .
Prasad said he's less culpable than the other seven recruiters because he was in the U.S. on an H1-B visa and was not dependent for his immigration status by being enrolled at the University of Farmington. Federal prosecutors have said the recruiters were involved in what they call a"pay-to-stay" scheme where students pay tuition to remain legally in the U.S.
In their sentencing memo, the U.S Attorney's Office in Detroit wrote that"Karnati, like his fellow conspirators, abused the United States student visa system to line his own pockets. Yet, Karnati is markedly different from his conspirators. Karnati chose to engage in criminal conduct even though he had already achieved what others desired; the ability to live and work in the United States with the possibility of a pathway to U.S. citizenship.
Prosecutors said that another recruiter had"told Karnati there were no classes, the undercover agent told Karnati there were no classes, Karnati acknowledged there were no classes and Karnati told his own students there were no classes." But Prasad, Karnati's defense attorney, said the video of the June 2018 meeting in Farmington Hills at the university shows that Karnati thought it had online classes.
ICE released a separate video last month in a news release that it said showed students interacting with an undercover agent posing as an official at the fake university. The clip shows four groups of people talking with the official about the university. The undercover agent posing as a university official says:"But I don't have any classes to offer you. Do you care about that?" Prasad said the video is unclear and that the students are not related to her client.
Like many immigrants from India of his generation interested in information technology, he decided to pursue opportunities in the U.S., arriving in 2011 on an H-1B visa. In his probation statement, Karnati said he became interested in becoming an entrepreneur "watching all the Shark Tank episodes." The Free Press reported last year that an official with the accreditation agency said they secretly worked with the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, to list the fake university as being accredited.
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