Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Juan Ariel Molina-Salles (35, Honduras) to two years and one month in federal prison for aggravated identity theft, false representation of … Read more
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 … Read more
El Cajon-based San Diego Powder & Protective Coatings and the company’s hiring manager, Karli Buxton, pleaded guilty in federal court today to engaging in a pattern or practice of hiring … Read more
All four defendants face a count of conspiracy to employ undocumented workers. The federal government alleges as a group, the defendants housed, transported and provided fraudulent employment documentation to 37 … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a second False Claims Act (FCA) settlement this year involving violations of employment eligibility verification requirements – underscoring that government contractors face … Read more
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the launch of Project Firewall, an H-1B enforcement initiative that will safeguard the rights, wages, and job opportunities of highly skilled American workers … Read more
From at least 2022 through May 2024, Badillo used another person’s means of identification to defeat the E-Verify system and to commit the felony offenses of Misuse of a Social … Read more
After conducting an investigation, the Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) concluded that Brick & Bourbon had a longstanding practice of requiring additional and unnecessary documentation from … Read more
Bollinger Shipyard LLC (Bollinger), a Lockport, Louisiana, based company, has agreed to pay $1,025,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing the U.S. Coast … Read more
The probe started when HSI received a tip in late January that the company was employing immigrants without status, according to the search warrant. A month later, investigators served a … Read more
PBC Commercial Cleaning Systems was fined nearly $1.2 million for “knowingly employing” at least 12 people not authorized to work, ICE said in a news release, based on a 74% … Read more
Signature Waived: Are green cards without a signature valid for Form I-9? A Permanent Resident Card that have “signature waived” in the signature field are acceptable documents for “Form I-9, … Read more
On July 1, E-Verify announced a new customer service enhancement that will allow email notifications to employees of a TNC at the same time E-Verify notifies the employer. If a Tentative Nonconfirmation (TNC) … Read more