Newly obtained affidavits lay out how an eight-month federal investigation unfolded and led to a September immigration raid of Nutrition Bar Confectioner’s factory raid in Cato, in Cayuga County.
In June, Homeland Security obtained employee records from the state Department of Labor for Nutrition Bar Confectioners that showed at least 134 of the 224 employees were using fraudulent Social Security numbers, the affidavit stated.
“Specifically, Nutrition Bar Confectioners paid wages to 52 employees who were utilizing valid Social Security Numbers that were not assigned to them; 22 employees were utilizing Social Security numbers of deceased U.S. citizens; and 60 employees who were utilizing invalid Social Security numbers,” the affidavit stated.