Optima Resources Inc.,A top H1 B visa scam and cheating company thriving on visa fee

[johnsmith]

Dear Friends,
After my last post on Optima Resources Inc., New Jersey and some struggle there were some changes like:

1. Out of my visa fee paid on Reliable
Associates for 4400$ could get only half of the sum 2200$ from Optima and were hesitating to refund remaining 2200$ and this is unknown.

2. To get remaining 2200$ to be refunded have made a cancellation of my visa which was pending for 2 years. Now, Optima people are still not refunding which was promised while taking H1 B visa fee.

3. Even the USCIS has turned deaf year and helpless for this situation atleast to refund 2200$ if not blacklist Optima.

4. Now below is the letter straight away from U.S Consulate giving letter of visa cancellation but after seeing this also Optima people are not refunding remaining 2200$


Embassy of the
United States of America
New Delhi

27-May-2008

Dear *Removed

Based on the documents you have submitted to us, and the information elicited in your interview with an American Consular Officer, we are not able to issue you an H-1B temporary work visa, because:

Your petitioner does not appear to be either able or willing to provide qualifying employment in the United States in accordance with appropriate laws and regulations.

In accordance with United States law and Department of State guidelines, action on your case has been suspended, and the I-129 Petition for a Non-Immigrant Worker filed on your behalf will be returned to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) with a memorandum explaining the facts of your case as presented to us at the time of interview. The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi is no longer handling your case, and will unable to give you any information on the status of your petition.

For your information, your visa was refused today Section 221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act(INA). Essentially, this section states that a visa cannot be issued to anyone whose application does not appear to the Consular Officer to meet the requirements of the INA or of the regulations thereunder.

Thank You.



So, Please request all of whom to be take care before paying H1 B visa fee to be alert and concious as once paid not assured money if not at all a money.

[John Fairheart]

Your petitioner does not appear to be either able or willing to provide qualifying employment in the United States in accordance with appropriate laws and regulations.

... and once again we see the scamming *******s continuing to take peoples money without having any intention of providing what they are being paid for.

johnsmith, please read my long article on this subject [H1B Applications - A Fraud Most Foul (http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/view.php?pg=fw_h1bvisas)]. Most importantly is the information on page 2 regarding Optima's accreditation with the Better Business Bureau.

Please please please pursue this matter, and make a formal complaint to the BBB about the actions of Optima. They have a LEGAL OBLIGATION to sort out complaints because if they do not, they may loose their accreditation, and be blacklisted.

Optima and their various clones are nothing but a bunch of scammers, preying on the dreams of their own countrymen. In reality every single one of them should be hurled into jail.

Please pursue the road with BBB, and let us know how you get on. I for one would love to see these FRAUDSTERS pay for what they continue to do.

[Unregistered_i]

I fear retaliation from OptimaResources and so want to stay away from specifics and be anonymous.

Basically I gave them money for my visa, did not get any visa, paid 25% of my initial fees in legal charges and took about 2 months to get back the rest. I don't even know if my visa got applied because they don't give you a file# as such. They don't give you any receipts as proof of payment. They don't even write it in an email - their emails are always very arbit about "some payment made for some service" which can never be legally used against them.

Take away is that there are plenty of other credible consultants out there. While looking for one, make sure they have physical offices in US. Do it yourself or ask a friend to visit this office. Ask them for a reference and speak with someone who's employment can be verified - example: someone with a @ibm.com email address. Make sure you read reviews on the Internet. Even if you get a 50% bad review then why the hell do you want to go ahead with them considering that you'll find others with less bad reviews.

Good luck!

[FW Admin]

Thank you for your post, unregistered... unfortunately, you have echoed what has already been experienced by tens, if not hundreds, of Indian natioanls who have been conned, duped, defrauded and downright scammed, of their hard earned money, for something that Optima Resources Inc and its various aliases have never, will never, and are consistently unable to, provide, according to its lying and deceptive claims.

[John Fairheart]

I fear retaliation from OptimaResources and so want to stay away from specifics and be anonymous.

Fear of retalliation; the same thing that school bullies use to intimidate people into submission.

If the abused do not make formal complaints against their agressors, and laugh in the face of the chicken-sh!t scammers that would screw them and their hopes and dreams, then the scum of the planet win, and your family and your country looses.

Sooner or later these internet pretadors have to be put down (one way or another). It is about time that action was taken to remove these scum from the planet.

As Indian nationals appear to be the normal target for these chicken-sh!t scamming bandits, then it is down to Indian nationals to start a campaign to force the government of India and the USA to take action against these soulless bullies.

Take action, make it stick. If you band together, you CAN seek justice.

[johnsmith]

As per your advise in this thread have complained about Optima Resources Inc. to BBB Accreditation but finally the Optima is bluffing mostly that it have sent balance of H1 B visa fee to be refunded.But still now it almost a month passed and no money received by me and complaining to BBB Accreditation also seems no hopefull.
So all friends there suggest to be careful while paying money for H1 B visa afterwards getting your money back is very difficult.

[fraudhelper101]

Hey Mods, well i had also recieved a email from Optima under the name of richa and so did a couple of my friend. My friend in NY was helpful enough to tell us a few informations regarding this:
First here is the name list of aliases
1. Richa (optima) = Kanika (accurum) = Ankita Wadhawan (real Name)
2. Rohit (Accurum) = Raj (optima) = Naveen Wadhavan (yes they are a couple)
3. Sachin (accurum) = Bob (optima = Austin (optima)
4. Mike (optima) = Girish (optima) = Sumit (accurum)
5. Neha (accurum) = Shveta (Optima) = Shweta (in real)
6. Pratik (accurum) = Karan (optima) = Pete (optima)
7. Sunita (accurum)

Now the most clever of these is Akshay Sadana ( who doesnt actually work but overlooks this entire operation). he normally sits at optima resources and drives a black mercedes. My friend had him followed a couple of times. Now both Akshay and Ankita live in N. Brunswick itself. Akshay (is thats his real name ) also has a law office in the same office he runs accurum technologies. The law firm is law offices of Patel and Associates LLC and is managed by a one Tanuja who also does all the paperwork for filing the H1B papers for all the consultancies they run. Please note that their way of business is not having direct clients (the list of companies they name in their phone conversation havent heard about these companies). what they normally do is outsorurce the consultants to other firms or look into dice.com. its a pretty risk think as the job slum already has limited job openings and if your employer himself is looking into other bigger consultancies for job it isnt worth it. The fee they ask is actually the money spent to file for a H1B visa as they do not want to spend their own money. If the person wins the lottery, well and fine, Akshay earns around 30% of their salaries for more than a yr (thats a lot).. if the person doesnt win the lottery then they slowly just refund the money that was taken minus some charges (which are just profits for them). Also with the number of people they promise an H1, they have enough money comming in as deposit they ccna use as buffer and invest in other stuff. Even after refunding, they dont loose anything as the deposit money is the moeny they use to file the H1b and they have their own lawyer who does all the paperwork. basiclaly what i am trying to highlight is dont fall for the big company names or dreams. these companies have no real job offer but will look for one once ur H1 is approved. Also anotehr reason to use soo many diff company names is well first its less that 200 bucks to register a company like that and secondly that way they are able to get ppl's H1B approved by the US embassy. My friend checked with a couple of their limited consultants and they all are working for differnet consultancies other than the company they directly dealth with.
Also Patel and Associated handles H1B filing for other consultancies as well, and make a profit as all it is, is basically filling forms, ensuring the application is really bulky and send it via post to VA and hope for the best.
Now accurum technologies cannot be found just by googling it. the address itself is tricky (thanks to outdated mailing address. the office building is 850/870 and is across the street from brunswick zone (bowling alley in N. Brunswick. while the address says US hwy 1, u actually have to get off it and on on carolier lane to reach the building. Look up google map and u will see a small lane with that name and thats where one needs to go.
its not ethically wrong to manipulate young minds to make them dream of comming to US for a high paying job when there are none. Worse is they dont refund the full amount and claim its lawyer fees when they already hav a law office with close name connection to a bigger law firm in NY to fool people. and yeh, they do have operations in India itself run by their father Vijay Sadana. the exact location is not know but if someone has connections in India, please look it up
Now here is how one can get these people arrested and deported if possible. most of the employees at these firms are illegal. herez how.. akshay hires people on H4 which is a dependent visa and doesnt allow employment in US.
1. Austin - on H4
2. Shveta - H4
3. Girish - H4
4. Naveen - H4
5. ankita - H1
6. Tanuja - H1
7. Pratik - H4

plus other employees as well
they are paid in cash. what fraudwatchers could do is before posting this message, contact IRS and have a suprise raid organized at optima resources and have them check teh credentials for the ppl working there. that will get them all arrested.
1. the names were all published in some webpage in 2007 itself but then mysteriously disappeared. so it many blogs that contained details for optima resources especially
2. Pratik (accurum) = Karan (optima) = Pete or Peter (seems like his real name). now this person is said to be on vacation now but i doubt if he still works there as he has been on vacation for months now!! But as per my friend he is indian as well and tall and wears glasses and drives a dark window brown nissan sedan (optima or altima).
Also ankita drives a Saturn SUV (golden color) and Naveen drives a Blue Dogde sports car.

[krg]

hi
I am also a victim of this paid $1520
I am behind them for the past 2 yrs for the refud.. but..
help me <removed>