Indian H1B Scammers Found Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud in Pennsylvania
13th March 2026
A federal jury in Philadelphia has delivered a resounding guilty verdict against two Pennsylvania brothers and a longtime associate, convicting them of masterminding one of the most elaborate and prolonged racketeering operations uncovered in recent years. The scheme, which prosecutors say drained more than $32 million from Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program while exploiting vulnerable foreign workers through the H-1B visa system, spanned over a decade and involved layers of deception across multiple states.
At the center of the criminal enterprise – self-dubbed the “Savani Group” – were brothers Bhaskar Savani, 60, a trained dentist from Ambler, Pennsylvania, and Arun Savani, 58, from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Bhaskar controlled the group’s extensive network of dental practices, while Arun oversaw finances and real estate holdings. Together, they built what U.S. Attorney David Metcalf described as a “complex web” of sham entities and fraudulent operations, amassing tens of millions through outright fraud “at every turn.”
India has almost as much people as China, and every year their technical schools graduate more IT people than their local business can absorb. All of them want to come to America, where they can make better money, live better lives, and displace American workers under the H1-B program. Ask Satya Nedella, CEO of Microsoft. Ask Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google.