Looks like a wife-husband team--Dipika Patel and Dharmesh Patel--from Gujarat, India have been running an IT body-shop scam out of their apartment in Jersey City, NJ since 2003. They have set up a company called GLOBLESOFT CORPORATION.
These guys lure fresh (foreign) graduates with the promise of employment and work-visa/permanent-residency in the U.S.
I was one of the victims of this scam. They picked up my resume from Dice and contacted me. After a (short) phone interview, they said that I am selected and they will obtain an H1B on my behalf.
A few days later, they contacted me again and asked me to pay $5000, submit my educational certificates and passport. They said they money will be refunded back to me and the documents are required for obtaining the visa.
Once I paid and submitted my documents, they me to sign a contract which states that I will not be compensated unless GLOBLESOFT CORPORATION is able to place me in another company. It also states that I cannot leave GLOBLESOFT CORPORATION unless I complete a certain number years working on-site (at a client place); if I leave before this time, I have to pay them tens-of-thousands of dollars.
I questioned this contract and they told me it is a standard contract...
I was trapped in GLOBLESOFT for many months. I was working over 12 hours a day without pay.
They refused to pay me as I was working on-site. They did not even allow me to take sick leave. I finally mustered enough courage to leave; they refused to return my documents and passport unless I paid them.
When I went to the authorities, they claimed that I was at GLOBLESOFT CORPORATION for training, they owned me no money, no contract was signed and no documents collected--I could do nothing.
It took me more than three months to get fresh documents. Altogether, I wasted over a year and tens-of-thousands-of-dollars (not counting the pay.)
This was a living hell for me. Let this post serve as a warning for the naïve students graduating from college.
The information listed below is public information obtained from the 'Corporate and Business Information Reporting' for GLOBLESOFT CORPORATION.
Business Name
GLOBLESOFT CORPORATION
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Business ID Number
0400039616
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Incorporator
BALUBHAI R PATEL
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Agent
BALUBHAI R PATEL
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Agent Address
418 BALDWIN AVE APT 32A
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306
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Main Business Address
3149 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD, APT# 8
(Yes, their business address is also their apartment!)
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306
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Officers/Directors/Members
Title: PRESIDENT
Name: BALUBHAI PATEL
Address: 418 BALDWIN AVE, 32A
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306
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Officers/Directors/Members
Title: DIRECTOR
Name: DIPIKA PATEL
Address: 26 JEFFERSON AVE, APT 32
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306
Tel: 1-201-309-0878
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Officers/Directors/Members
Title: OTHER
Name: DHARMESH PATEL
Address: 26 JEFFERSON AVE, APT 32
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306
Tel: 1-201-309-0878
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