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 undocumented immigrants so they could pay them as workers at the buffet. These allegations took place between May 3 and September 2 of 2025.
Prosecutors state Feng Ye and Maria Cruz-Cortes organized and secured “fraudulent social security cards” and “fraudulent I-9 documents to bypass E-Verify, the web-based system that allows employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.” Feng Ye also signed the undocumented workers’ business checks, per the indictment.
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