Reported
Sara Gonzales Confronts Alleged H-1B Visa Scammer in Dallas
News record
On August 13, 2026, Sara Gonzales called Madhu Raju an H-1B fraudster and said that, according to his Instagram, he had returned to India.
Evidence state
developing
A DOL OIG enforcement filing naming Madhu Raju, independently retrievable evidence of his location, a registered-outlet report, or a later correction to the disputed video identification.
Reported vs. the record
The record
The fetched X page retains Gonzales's allegation, the disputed attached-video context, the Community Note, and her later disagreement with the note.
Primary-source receiptReceipts
- captured headline
Sara Gonzales Confronts Alleged H-1B Visa Scammer in Dallas
- screenshot timestamp
screenshot timestamp
- subject identity
subject identity
The directly fetched post names Madhu Raju, but the attached-video identification is disputed and no official charging or enforcement record naming him was located.
Open source receipt - originating speaker
Sara Gonzales published the directly retained allegation and location claim about Madhu Raju.
The X page exposes the account, wording, timestamp, attached media indicators, Community Note, and Gonzales's reply.
Open source receipt - reporter publication
The retained allegation is self-published; no separate reporter byline appears on the post.
Direct fetch identifies @SaraGonzalesTX as the publisher.
Open source receipt - atomic claim
On August 13, 2026, Sara Gonzales called Madhu Raju an H-1B fraudster and said that, according to his Instagram, he had returned to India.
The wording and timestamp were directly retained from the X page; the receipt attributes the allegation without adopting it.
Open source receipt - atomic claim
DOL OIG said Inspector General Anthony P. D'Esposito conducted Dallas field checks at locations tied to companies with hundreds of approved H-1B petitions, including a building where many offices appeared inactive.
The statement appears on the directly fetched DOL OIG release dated August 13, 2026; that release does not name Madhu Raju or Sara Gonzales.
Open source receipt - primary source evidence
The fetched X page retains Gonzales's allegation, the disputed attached-video context, the Community Note, and her later disagreement with the note.
The hash covers the canonical post URL, retained claim context, and timestamp used for this receipt.
Open source receipt - response correction
An X Community Note says the second video shows a separate Dallas dancer, Krishna Gaanji; Gonzales later replied that the note was wrong and linked the Instagram account she said was the source.
Both the note and Gonzales's reply appear on the directly fetched post page, leaving the media identification contested.
Open source receipt - resolution evidence status
The originating allegation and DOL's separate Dallas inspection release are retained, but the video identity is disputed and no official record located in this window links Raju to the DOL inspection.
Exact X search, general web search, direct post fetch, and direct DOL OIG fetch established the disagreement and the missing official linkage.
Open source receipt
This page is a source-linked record. It does not score a person, infer motive, or replace the preserved source material.