Korean-born businessman Eddie Kang is one of the most notorious con men in immigration and recruitment industry for his trick that ripped of 11 international students who paid his companies to secure 457 visas.
Eddie Kang has run many companies in various names including Singapore Oil, Skylane Worldwide, Mill and Penn, and the Borderless Globe and he also changed his name to Ted Kang.
Eddie Kang’s common trick was putting advertising sponsorship deals for permanent residency in Australia, and he was charging international students tens of thousands of dollars for visas and jobs that never eventuated and never refund the money.
The allegation involved with Eddie Kang was firstly exposed by ABC’s Lateline in 2013 and ABC has been reported following news about him.
In the recent report on 21 September, ABC says Kang who was bailed out last year still operate a company and has been deceiving international students with his old trick.
It is stated on Kang’s bail condition that he must not "file any visa applications using a company of which he is a sole director”. This time according to the Fair Trading NSW, Kang is running a company in association with 23-year-old Korean-born businessman Yoon Seok "Joseph" Choi
The ABC has spoken to 10 people who try to use Kang’s visa and employment service by paying him tens of thousands of dollars since he was convicted of fraud. It is found out that all of them did not seem aware of his convictions at the time they signed a contract with Kang. They all dismayed that Australian governments allowed him to continue to run a business in spite of his conviction and his status of out of bail.
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