We have a good business customer who owns many retail stores in our area who, like most, is experiencing staffing issues. We are located in a tourist area where many businesses hire J1 students to work here in the summer months.
Well, our business customer has decided to try something different for next summer. They've contracted with a staffing company that helps hire foreign employees and this staffing agency also helps the employees acquire work visas that allow them to work in the U.S. for only a specific employer. These workers are to come from Central America specifically. Our business customer sent a wire to the staffing agency to pay for the workers visas and associated fees. I researched the company name and address from the wire form and feel uneasy with the results. I couldn't find an official business website and the beneficiary address from the wire form was a very small run down house in a neighboring state.
So my question is, what should I do? I have the PB for our business customer asking a few extra questions- for example, "how did you find this company?". I'm hoping I missed something, but I feel at the worst this could be potential human smuggling.
Any experiences or thoughts are greatly appreciated!