Managers get huge fine, jail time for immigration violations
December 16, 2008 by Sam NarisiPosted in: I-9, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
As the national debate rages on, the federal government is taking the issue of illegal immigration very seriously — and holding companies’ executives personally liable for hiring violations.
The president and two managers of Massachusetts-based MBI, Inc., recently pleaded guilty to charges of knowingly hiring illegal aliens.
The company was raided in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, who found at least 361 undocumented workers.
In addition to hiring the workers, the company allegedly helped them obtain fraudulent documentation, knowingly submitted phony Social Security numbers to the federal government and failed to pay the employees overtime.
The president and manager will each serve a prison sentence and pay a fine. Also, the company will have to pay a fine of $1.5 million.
Tags: CE, immigration, SSA
February 25th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Good! I have no sympathy for these managers. If the Feds would go after the people hiring the illegal immigrants and put them in prison, maybe there wouldn’t be so much hiring of them. Our company employs a large number of Hispanics and we are very careful to make sure everyone has proper proof of their legal status.