Originally Posted byABA Journal Law News Jun 18, 2013 By Martha Neil
"In one of the biggest criminal cases ever brought by the Department
of Justice over the employment of immigrants, federal agents have seized
the franchise rights of 14 7-Eleven stores and announced charges
against nine individuals responsible for their operation.
The feds also seized five homes and are executing search warrants on
more than 40 additional 7-Eleven stores, in what is being described as a
"modern day plantation system." It allegedly brought in $180 million in
revenue by putting illegal immigrants from Pakistan and the Philippines
to work, paying them a fraction of required wages for working up to 100
hours per week or more and segregating them in employer-provided
"company town" housing, according to the Associated Press and the New York Times (reg. req.). . . .Convenience Store News
says the investigation covers at least eight states: Florida, Illinois,
Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia". More.
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