Who is Congress leader Kandi Srinivasa Reddy being linked to H-1B lottery scam

Kandi Srinivasa Reddy, a Congress leader from Adilabad, Telangana, is under scrutiny for allegedly exploiting the H-1B visa lottery system in the United States. A Bloomberg report has linked Reddy, who founded Cloud Big Data Technologies LLC in 2013, to a scheme that secured over 300 H-1B visas since 2020 through manipulation of the lottery process.

Here is a closer look into Reddy and his alleged visa scam.

Reddy hails from Hasnapur village in Tamsi Mandal, Adilabad district, Telangana. He pursued a master’s degree from the Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla in the US in 2011, and settled near Dallas. He works as a tech consultant. He has often described himself as a “common farmer’s child”.

Reddy also founded the Indian American Farmers Cooperative Cooperation and operates a foundation to help farmers in his hometown. Additionally, he runs his television and online news platform. He is also the CEO of Artifint Technologies.