Posted on 06/07/2007 11:02:08 PM PDT by bd476
Company, owner fined $210,000 for hiring illegal immigrants
Wichita Business Journal - November 14, 2006
by Ken Vandruff
A Wichita company, its owner and its general manager will pay fines totaling $210,000 in a plea agreement with federal prosecutors over an alleged scheme to hire illegal immigrants.
Bob Eisel Power Coatings Inc., 3500 S. Hoover St.; Bob Eisel, owner and president; and Kenric "Butch" Steinert, general manager; were named in a 28-count indictment last August. They were charged with routinely employed Mexican nationals, knowing they were providing false identification.
Eisel and Steinert pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement. Charges against a third defendant, Troy Cook, a company foreman, were dropped as part of a deferred prosecution agreement.
U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown fined Eisel $25,000 and ordered Steinert to pay a $10,000 fine. Each man also will serve three years probation.
Brown also levied a $175,000 fine against the company.
Federal prosecutors say the company was warned that employees were using false Social Security numbers and in response, Eisel and Steinert allegedly helped the employees get different numbers to help them keep their jobs.
Not trying very hard, now am I? Relax. I can't even fly a thread.
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