[outworlder]

> If the companies are not using it for that purpose and telling the government something different then they are committing fraud.

Yes. Not all of them, but some definitely are.

[protomyth]

I suspect that given http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2015-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx shows a lot of them are consulting companies that provide labor, it might be worth a study on number.