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Texas Attorney General Expands H-1B Fraud Investigation

The state is investigating whether businesses operated ‘ghost offices’ and falsely represented themselves as sponsors of foreign workers.
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Texas Attorney General Expands H-1B Fraud Investigation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at an event with his supporters during the Texas Senate Primary in Magnolia, Texas on, on Feb. 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on April 30 an expansion of an H-1B visa fraud probe to include almost 30 North Texas businesses.

​In a statement, Paxton said that Civil Investigative Demands had been issued to those businesses as an extension of an investigation into suspected fraud and abuse of the H-1B visa program, which began earlier with a focus on three companies.

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Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.