San Jose Mercury News05 August 2012 Issue No:233
Foreigners with student visas, US federal agents last week raided
Herguan University and charged its CEO with visa fraud, write Lisa M
Krieger and Molly Vorwerck for San Jose Mercury News.
The indictment marks the second time federal officials have ensnared a Bay Area university in a growing effort to catch up with institutions that allegedly rake in millions of dollars as so-called visa mills. Herguan University leader Jerry Wang (32) was arrested last Thursday at his home in Santa Clara and charged in a 15-count indictment that could send him to prison for up to 23 years and amount to more than $1 million in fines.
The charges come a year after an investigation by this newspaper found Herguan was among a group of Bay Area institutions – including the now-shuttered Tri-Valley University – that misrepresented information on federal applications, which allowed them to sponsor overseas students for coveted visas.
Full report on the Mercury News site
The indictment marks the second time federal officials have ensnared a Bay Area university in a growing effort to catch up with institutions that allegedly rake in millions of dollars as so-called visa mills. Herguan University leader Jerry Wang (32) was arrested last Thursday at his home in Santa Clara and charged in a 15-count indictment that could send him to prison for up to 23 years and amount to more than $1 million in fines.
The charges come a year after an investigation by this newspaper found Herguan was among a group of Bay Area institutions – including the now-shuttered Tri-Valley University – that misrepresented information on federal applications, which allowed them to sponsor overseas students for coveted visas.
Full report on the Mercury News site
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