Thread: Pro-Amnesty Google and Oracle Hired to Fix Healthcare.gov

by Matthew Boyle 31 Oct 2013, 1:29 PM PDT
breitbart.com

President Barack Obama’s administration has reportedly hired software engineers and other tech specialists from Google and Oracle to try to fix the Obamacare website, Bloomberg News reports. Both companies are active participants in the pro-amnesty lobby, helping lobby Congress for a comprehensive immigration reform package.

Google is listed as a supporter of Mark Zuckerberg’s pro-amnesty FWD.us lobbying outfit, while human resources executives from Oracle signed a recent letter to congressional leaders calling on them to pass immigration reform. In that letter, those human resources executives asked Congress to give them more visas to bring in more foreign workers, even though unemployment in America remains high. “One of the biggest economic challenges facing our nation is the need for more qualified, highly-skilled professionals, domestic and foreign, who can create jobs and immediately contribute to and improve our economy,” they wrote. “As leaders of technology companies from around the country, we want to thank you for your sincere efforts in addressing high skilled immigration and we urge that you and your colleagues enact reform legislation this year.”

A senior GOP congressional aide told Breitbart News that Obamacare and the push for amnesty are tied together in more ways than people think.

“Obamacare and the immigration push are inextricably linked,” the aide said in an email Thursday afternoon, specifically referencing the news of amnesty lobbyists getting hired to help Obama fix healthcare.gov. "Both are vehicles to expand the power of the hard left, increase the scope of the welfare state, and to hand more power to government bureaucrats and corporate cronies. Both are legacy items for the President. Both are both being used as voter registration drives. Both are intentionally over-complex, so that can be implemented by federal regulators unaccountable to Congress. This news also raises serious privacy concerns: the administration has announced that illegal aliens’ Obamacare information cannot be used against them for legal purposes, but no similar guarantee has been made for US citizens.”

Those are hardly the only ties between amnesty efforts and Obamacare. For instance, Fox News Latino reported this weekend that the Obama administration is refusing to use immigration data collected through Obamacare’s sign-up infrastructure to enforce immigration law. “The Obama administration is stressing that information submitted while signing up for coverage under the new health care law will not be used to enforce immigration law,” Fox News Latino reported Sunday. “That's always been the practice, but lingering fear among some immigrants that personal details could be used against them led the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to clarify. In a memo released late Friday, the agency reiterated that it does not use information provided during the enrollment process to pursue civil immigration enforcement.”

The National Council of La Raza, a far leftwing organization interested in lobbying for public policies that benefit illegal aliens, endorses ICE’s decision to not use Obamacare-collected immigration data in its enforcement proceedings. "For us, it's an imperative to make sure that the community is informed about this because we want people to be reassured that they can look at their options without fear, figure out if they're eligible and pursue the enrollment process," La Raza health policy official Jennifer Ng'andu said, according to Fox News Latino.

While not allowing law enforcement to enforce America’s immigration laws with Obamacare-collected data, the administration is, however, allowing such data to be used by leftwing groups for voter registration and for what is essentially a liberal "get out the vote" effort.

As Breitbart News’ Kerry Picket reported last week, Congressional Democrats refused to answer during a press conference whether they will aim to provide Obamacare to illegal aliens to whom they intend to grant amnesty.

Obamacare is President Obama’s main legacy item, and amnesty for illegal aliens is his signature second term agenda goal. In August, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that the two policy goals--Obamacare and amnesty--are interdependent. According to Breitbart News’ Dr. Susan Berry, Sebelius said in August that the success of Obamacare is dependent upon the passage of an amnesty. “Well, the [Obamacare] bill is crafted in such a way that those who are undocumented will not have access to the tax credits or shopping in the [health insurance] marketplace,” Sebelius said at an event sponsored by Congreso. “That has been limited, which is, frankly, why -- another very keen reason why we need comprehensive immigration reform.”

“Unfortunately, you can’t fix--we won’t fix the immigration system, unfortunately, through the health care bill, but I think having the immigration bill that passed the Senate, pass the House, would be a huge step,” Sebelius added.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...Healthcare-gov

India wants the work and they are willing to play rough to get it. Infosys, a huge supplier of Indian workers to companies you thought hired Americans, just got nailed with a 34 million dollar fine for an end-run around the few restrictions on H-1B use, to save them money and to bring in more foreign workers faster. And a federal indictment was recently filed against an Indian company in the New York area for bribing officials of a medical company to use only their (Indian) workers in IT work.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Eight Individuals In Connection With $2.3 Million Bribery And Kickback Scheme To Secure Business From A Medical Cost-Management Company FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

One Executive Has Pled Guilty to Accepting Bribes and Kickbacks

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas O’Donnell, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), and Steven G. Hughes, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Secret Service today announced charges against eight individuals for their alleged involvement in a lucrative scheme in which information technology vendors paid over $2.3 million in bribes and kickbacks to secure business from executives of a Manhattan-based medical cost management company (the “New York Company”). The defendants charged with paying the bribes and kickbacks are SARVESH DHARAYAN, SANJAY GUPTA, VENKATA ATLURI, RANGARAJAN KUMAR, VADAN KUMAR KOPALLE, and DARREN SIRIANI. The defendants charged with receiving the bribes and kickbacks are ANIL SINGH and KEITH BUSH. DHARAYAN, GUPTA, KOPPALLE, and SIRIANI were arrested this morning at their homes in New Jersey, and were presented in Manhattan federal court this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge James L. Cott. SINGH, who was previously arrested in April 2013, pled guilty to honest services fraud and other charges before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote on July 11, 2013. BUSH, who was also arrested previously on July 12, 2013, is next scheduled to appear in court for a pretrial conference on August 15, 2013. ATLURI and KUMAR are not yet in custody.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: “For the eight defendants charged in this multi-million dollar scheme, bribes and kickbacks were allegedly the cost they imposed for doing business with this medical-cost management company. As today’s charges detail, the defendants achieved their years-long fraud through fake companies, sham invoices and made-up consulting services. Today’s actions underscore our commitment to work with our law enforcement partners to bring to justice individuals who break the law out of greed.”

HHS-OIG Special Agent-in-Charge Thomas O’Donnell said: “This scheme was motivated by greed and it deprived its victim, a company in the health care field, of the honest labor of its employees. We will continue to aggressively investigate those who pay kickbacks and bribes to gain an advantage in the public and private health care sectors.”

USSS Special Agent-in-Charge Steven G. Hughes said: “The Secret Service continues to enjoy its partnership with the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. We find partnerships such as this to be an effective way to share resources and stop criminals from continuing to engage in fraudulent schemes.”

According to the allegations contained in the Complaint, the Informations filed against BUSH and SINGH, and other statements made in Manhattan federal court:
SINGH was employed as a Senior Vice President and the Chief Information Officer at the New York Company, which provided nation-wide medical cost management solutions including, among other things, medical reimbursement services, and BUSH was employed as the company’s Director of Database Administration. SINGH and BUSH had considerable influence over the selection of vendors, specifically vendors of database administrators (“DBAs”), hired by the New York Company.

From 2008 to September 2012, various individuals collectively paid over $2.3 million in money and other benefits to SINGH and BUSH in exchange for SINGH’s and BUSH’s agreement to steer millions of dollars of the New York Company’s DBA business to them. Specifically, as alleged:

• DHARAYAN, the owner of a New Jersey information technology company (“Vendor 1”) and GUPTA, an employee of Vendor 1, paid approximately $1,722,620 in kickbacks and bribes to BUSH and SINGH in exchange for receiving DBA business from the New York Company. From 2010 to 2012, the New York Company paid Vendor 1 approximately $6,625,479.20 for placing DBAs with the New York Company.
• ATLURI, the owner of another New Jersey information technology company (“Vendor 2”), paid approximately $190,436.75 in kickbacks and bribes to BUSH and SINGH in exchange for receiving DBA business from the New York Company. From 2008 to 2012, the New York Company paid Vendor 2 approximately $11,495,804.88 for placing DBAs with the New York Company.
• KUMAR paid approximately $247,634 in kickbacks and bribes to BUSH and SINGH in exchange for their agreement to steer DBA business to another New Jersey information technology company (“Vendor 3”). From 2009 to 2012, the New York Company paid Vendor 3 approximately $2,593,210.38 for placing DBAs with the New York Company.
• KOPALLE, who was in charge of delivery and operations at a Texas information technology company (“Vendor 4”), paid approximately $142,967.50 in kickbacks and bribes to BUSH and SINGH in exchange for receiving DBA business from the New York Company. From 2009 to 2010, the New York Company paid Vendor 4 approximately $1,035,660 for placing DBAs with the New York Company.
• SIRIANI, the owner and operator of another New Jersey information technology company (“Vendor 5”) paid approximately $23,000 to $29,000 in cash kickbacks and bribes to BUSH and SINGH in exchange for receiving business from the New York Company. SIRIANI also paid for hotel rooms in Las Vegas and Costa Rica, deep sea fishing, massages, sports tickets, and other things, all in exchange for receiving business from the New York Company. From 2008 to 2012, the New York Company paid Vendor 5 approximately $1,177,600.91 for various services and products.

According to the Complaint, DHARAYAN, GUPTA, ATLURI, KUMAR, and KOPALLE paid the kickbacks and bribes through conduit companies established by BUSH and SINGH for the very purpose of disguising the true nature and origin of the illegal payments. To further conceal the bribery and kickback scheme, BUSH and SINGH sent false invoices to the conduit companies for consulting services that never occurred. Many of the kickbacks and bribes were paid pursuant to these false invoices.

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DHARAYAN, 42, of Edison, New Jersey, GUPTA, 38 of East Windsor, New Jersey, ATLURI, 41, of Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, KUMAR, 47, of Monroe, New Jersey, KOPALLE, 43, of Edison, New Jersey, and SIRIANI, 45, of Matawan, New Jersey, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, which carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison, one count of conspiracy to violate the Travel Act, which carries a maximum term of five years in prison, one count of honest services fraud, which carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison, and one count of violating the Travel Act, which carries a maximum term of five years in prison. DHARAYAN, GUPTA, ATLURI, KUMAR, and KOPALLE were also charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison.

SINGH, 40, a resident of East Brunswick, New Jersey pled guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, conspiracy to violate the Travel Act, honest services fraud, violating the Travel Act, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He faces a maximum penalty of 70 years in prison on all counts. BUSH, 41, a resident of Rahway, New Jersey, is charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, conspiracy to violate the Travel Act, honest services fraud, violating the Travel Act, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He also faces a maximum penalty of 70 years in prison if convicted on all counts.

Mr. Bharara praised the outstanding efforts of HHS-OIG and the U.S. Secret Service in the investigation. He also thanked the New York Company for its assistance and cooperation in the investigation.

This case is being handled by the Office’s Complex Frauds Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason P. Hernandez is in charge of the prosecution. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Magdo of the Office’s Asset Forfeiture Unit is responsible for the forfeiture aspects of the case.
The charges and allegations contained in the Complaint and the Information filed against BUSH are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pres...alArrestPR.php

Infosys agrees to record U.S. immigration settlement

By Aaron Smith @AaronSmithCNN October 30, 2013: 2:09 PM ET

The Indian company Infosys has reached a record $34 million settlement with federal prosecutors in Texas, to settle "allegations of systemic visa fraud and abuse of immigration processes."

The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District in Texas said that this is the largest payment ever levied in an immigration case.

The government accused software developer Infosys (INFY) of using workers with B-1 visas, which only allow temporary entry into the U.S. for business purposes, to perform skilled labor jobs.

The U.S. said these jobs should only be performed by workers with H-1B visas, which allow foreign nationals to enter the U.S. to perform a specialty occupation.
The government a
ccused Infosys (INFY), a software developer, of using B-1 visa holders to perform skilled labor jobs that were supposed to be done by "legitimate" holders of H-1B visas.

The settlement says Infosys submitted letters to U.S. Consular Officials that "contained false statements regarding the true purpose of a B-1 visa holder's travel in order to deceive U.S. Consular Officials and secure entry of the visa holder into the United States."

It also says that Infosys issued a "dos" and "don'ts" memorandum directing B-1 visa holders "to deceive U.S. Consular Officials, including specific instructions to avoid certain terminology, to secure entry of the visa holder in the United States." The memo allegedly included instructions to avoid using words like "work" and "contract" in certain communications with U.S. officials.

Infosys said it agreed to a civil settlement "relating to I-9 paperwork errors and visa matters that were the subject of the investigation. There were no criminal charges or court rulings against the company."

http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/30/news...on-settlement/

All along they've been bragging that they get the work because they are "cheaper and better" but the real reasons are starting to come out.