Apple B-1 Visa Fraud Appeal Dropped by Whistleblower (1)

A whistleblower ended his appeal in a case accusing Apple Inc. of violating the False Claims Act by bringing two Indian nationals into the U.S. on a business B-1 visa to perform a training contract.

Counsel for whistleblower Carl Krawitt and Apple filed a stipulated motion to dismiss the appeal voluntarily with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Krawitt is a former independent contractor of Infosys Technologies Ltd., an Indian corporation specializing in IT training. Apple and Infosys entered into a $50,000 contract for two nationals to provide 16 live training sessions in California.

He alleged that ...