Except the question was not about living in India, it was about living in the United States. If you live in the United States and you say you are working from

Except the question was not about living in India, it was about living in the United States. If you live in the United States and you say you are working from India, you are committing fraud AND violating immigration laws. If you live in the United States and you say you are working from the United States, you are just violating immigration laws. Its about where you are physically located and as the original comment I replied to was referring to being physically located in the U.S., it would be illegal.