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Eight Uzbekistan Nationals Among 12 Charged with Racketeering, Human Trafficking...
US DOJ.GOV/opa - Press Release ^ | May 27, 2009 | n/a

Posted on 05/27/2009 4:41:15 PM PDT by Cindy

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Eight Uzbekistan Nationals Among 12 Charged with Racketeering, Human Trafficking & Immigration Violations in Scheme to Employ Illegal Aliens in 14 States

Twelve defendants, including eight Uzbekistan nationals, have been charged in a 45-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on May 6, 2009, on RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges related to labor racketeering, forced labor trafficking and immigration and other violations in 14 states.

Abrorkhodja Askarkhodjaev, 30, Nodir Yunusov, 22, Rustamjon Shukurov, 21, citizens of Uzbekistan residing in Mission, Kan.; Ilkham Fazilov, 44, Nodirbek Abdoollayev, 27, both citizens of Uzbekistan residing in Kansas City, Mo.; Viorel Simon, 27, Alexandru Frumasache, 23, both citizens of Moldova residing in Kansas City, Kan.; Kristin Dougherty, 49, of Ellisville, Mo.; Andrew Cole, 53, of St. Charles, Mo.; Abdukakhar Azizkhodjaev, 49, a citizen of Uzbekistan residing in Panama City, Fla.; and Sandjar Agzamov, 27, and Jakhongir Kakhkharov, 29, both citizens of Uzbekistan who recently left the United States and are living abroad; as well as three companies owned or controlled by Askarkhodjaev – Giant Labor Solutions LLC, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., Crystal Management Inc, headquartered in Mission, Kan., and Five Star Cleaning LLC, headquartered in Overland Park, Kan. – were charged in the indictment made public today upon the arrests and initial court appearances of the defendants.

The RICO indictment alleges that, since January 2001, Askarkhodjaev has been the leader of a criminal enterprise and directed the rest of the co-defendants in carrying out unlawful activities to further the enterprise. Among the criminal acts alleged in a pattern of racketeering activity are forced labor trafficking, identity theft, harboring illegal aliens, mail fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, transporting illegal aliens, visa fraud, extortion, interstate travel in aid of racketeering, wire fraud and inducing the illegal entry of foreign nationals. Many of the workers were employed at hotels in the Kansas City area and in Branson, Mo.

According to the indictment, Askarkhodjaev owned and operated a labor leasing company, Giant Labor Solutions, in Kansas City, Mo.. Through Giant Labor and a dozen other businesses that he associated with or controlled as part of the alleged criminal enterprise, Askarkhodjaev allegedly secured fraudulent labor leasing contracts from clients in the hotel/resort, casino and construction industries in Missouri, Kansas, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, South Carolina and Wyoming. The criminal enterprise allegedly used illegal aliens to fulfill labor contracts for housekeeping, cleaning services and other duties. The workforce was predominately comprised of foreign nationals, the indictment says, who either entered the United States illegally, overstayed their visas, or did not have legal authorization to reside or work in their specific locations during their term of employment.

The federal indictment also alleges that Askarkhodjaev, Yunusov, Shukurov, Fazilov, Simon, Cole and Frumusache aided and abetted each other to obtain the labor and services of a person by means of serious harm and threats of serious harm, and by means of the abuse and threatened abuse of law and legal process.

According to the indictment, the enterprise required the foreign nationals to work where the enterprise assigned them. However, the enterprise threatened to cancel the immigration status of foreign nationals who refused to work as directed by the enterprise. The enterprise allegedly charged the foreign nationals numerous fees. It further profited, the indictment says, by requiring the foreign national workers to reside in apartments it exclusively secured, controlled and for which it charged exorbitant rents. According to the indictment, the enterprise often threatened to cancel the immigration status of foreign nationals who requested permission to seek alternative housing,

Allegedly, these fees and expenses, combined with the lack of payment for hours worked, underpayment for hours worked and lack of work assignments, often resulted in the foreign national workers receiving a paycheck with negative earnings. The enterprise allegedly ensured that the workers did not make enough to repay their debt, to purchase a plane ticket home, or pay for their own living expenses while in the United States. It further controlled the foreign national workers in the Kansas City area by not allowing them to receive mail, the indictment says.

RICO is a federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization or enterprise. The charges contained in the indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys William L. Meiners and Cynthia L. Cordes and Civil Rights Division Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit Trial Attorney Jim Felte. It was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI, the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, IRS Criminal Investigation, the Kansas Department of Revenue – Criminal Investigations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Independence, Mo., Police Department in conjunction with the Human Trafficking Rescue Project.

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1 posted on 05/27/2009 4:41:16 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

our borders are wide open to any riff-raff that want to enter.


2 posted on 05/27/2009 4:55:14 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: Cindy

Uzbekistan:
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis)


3 posted on 05/27/2009 5:08:48 PM PDT by donna (Gasoline usage: Demand dropped 9.6% in 2008; total decline from 2005 thru 2008 was 28%)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
Twelve defendants, including eight Uzbekistan nationals, have been charged in a 45-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on May 6, 2009, on RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges related to labor racketeering, forced labor trafficking and immigration and other violations in 14 states.

4 posted on 05/27/2009 5:58:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: dljordan

Many of these folks probably came over prior to or just after the Iron Curtain came down. They received refugee status (or their relatives, who then sponsored them, did).

While statements can be made about their religion, most are quite irreligious, using religion as a foil or excuse to do as they please. Friends have seen the same M.O. in Bosnia, Albania, Serbia, Indonesia, the Punjab state of India. Locally, I have seen this kind of behavior among Russians, Ukrainians, Bulgarians and Poles.

It’s sad; most often, it involves people preying upon their own ethnic group. Many of the Eastern European groups I mentioned are involved with the Russian mob in phony mortgages and stolen vehicles (that get sent back to those countries - Russia in particular). Ford Credit recently called looking for a deceased friend’s truck for nonpayment; I half-jokingly advised the caller that it was probably in Warsaw or Moscow. She then asked, “Why would it be there?”

I said, “For the money it can bring.” She was flabbergasted. I continued,”You could call the Russian Mafia to see if they have it, but I wouldn’t guarantee your chances for a long life.”

Unfortunately, this is all part of human nature, whether the ethnic group is Irish (1840s) or Chinese (1870s) or Italian (1900s) or whatever.


5 posted on 05/27/2009 6:02:31 PM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: 12Gauge687

“Unfortunately, this is all part of human nature, whether the ethnic group is Irish (1840s) or Chinese (1870s) or Italian (1900s) or whatever.”

Unfortunately you’re right.


6 posted on 05/27/2009 6:09:07 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: 12Gauge687

“Unfortunately, this is all part of human nature, whether the ethnic group is Irish (1840s) or Chinese (1870s) or Italian (1900s) or whatever.”

Yes, well, it is ‘human nature’ to protect your home and borders too. The American people then, at least, had the sense to put a stop to the mass immigration that was going on.
We also didn’t give them welfare or force our population to use their language/religion/law...whatever!


7 posted on 05/28/2009 9:59:30 AM PDT by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


8 posted on 05/28/2009 9:59:35 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: donna
Uzbekistan is mostly Muslim but many former Uzbeks in the US are not. At least in New York, there are more Bukharan Jews than Muslim Uzbeks, and while they are very entrepenurial and family oriented, the rule of law is not so ingrained.

The Romanians, Alexandru Frumasache and Viorel Simon, don't sound Muslim (their names are not Tatar).

9 posted on 05/28/2009 11:43:44 AM PDT by rmlew ( The SAVE and GIVE acts are institutioning Corvee. Where's the outtrage!)
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To: rmlew

Or, that’s their cover.


10 posted on 05/28/2009 11:49:27 AM PDT by donna (Gasoline usage: Demand dropped 9.6% in 2008; total decline from 2005 thru 2008 was 28%)
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To: Cindy

Now if only we could pronounce their names...


11 posted on 05/28/2009 3:04:41 PM PDT by Regulator (Welcome to Zimbabwe! Now hand over your property)
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To: Regulator

More names and places — regarding Uzbekistan:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/uzbekistan/index


12 posted on 05/28/2009 3:10:10 PM PDT by Cindy
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August 16, 2010

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http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/kc081610.htm

Uzbekistan National Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Uzbekistan national pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a criminal enterprise involving illegal aliens working in 14 states, including employees at hotels in the Kansas City, Missouri area and in Branson, Missouri.

Ilkham Fazilov, 45, a citizen of Uzbekistan residing Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ortrie D. Smith to the charge contained in a Jan. 7, 2010, superseding indictment.

Fazilov admitted that, from December 2007 to May 2009, he participated in a criminal enterprise that involved mail fraud, money laundering, inducing aliens to illegally enter the United States, and harboring illegal aliens.

The federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act indictment alleges an extensive and profitable criminal enterprise in which hundreds of illegal aliens were employed at hotels and other businesses across the country. The criminal enterprise used false information to acquire fraudulent work visas for these foreign nationals.

Fazilov was the nominee organizer of Five Star Cleaning, LLC, and Suncoast Hospitality, Inc., which were fictitious shell companies used to obtain work authorization for foreign nationals and to conceal the unlawful proceeds of the criminal enterprise. Fazilov handled the payroll for the foreign workers and executed fraudulent ETA-750 petitions, which falsely claimed an exaggerated need for workers. These workers were placed for employment outside the parameters of the petition in violation of federal law. Fazilov also opened bank accounts for these shell companies and wire transferred unlawful proceeds to facilitate enterprise activities.

Fazilov is the fourth co-defendant to plead guilty.

Jakhongir Kakhkharov, 30, a citizen of Uzbekistan, pleaded guilty to the same charge on March 16, 2010. Kakhkharov acted as head of Midwest Management, Inc., a nominee entity established as part of the criminal enterprise in order to launder the illegal proceeds of the enterprise and to avoid paying taxes. Kakhkharov admitted that he was responsible for laundering a total of $634,192 in unlawful proceeds between July and December 2007. Kakhkharov also admitted that he used apartments in the Kansas City, Mo., area to house illegal aliens between July 2007 and January 2008.

Alexandru Frumusache, 25, a citizen of the Republic of Moldova residing in Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty on Oct. 7, 2009, to forced labor trafficking. Between September 2008 and the end of April 2009, Frumusache aided and abetted others in a scheme to cause foreign workers (including citizens from the Phillippines, Dominican Republic, and Jamaica) to believe that they would be deported, or their H2B work visas would be cancelled, or they or their families members would be penalized with a $5,000 to $10,000 fee, if the foreign workers failed or refused to work where and when they were ordered to work.

Frumusache also admitted that he aided and abetted others in subjecting the foreign workers to terrible living conditions without food, furniture, or appropriate sleeping arrangements. They assigned more foreign workers than each living space allowed and the foreign workers were subjected to sleeping on the floor or mattresses. They utilized the housing arrangement as an additional way to profit off of the foreign workers by overcharging them in rent and automatically withdrawing the fees from the foreign workers’ pay checks.

Abdukakhar Azizkhodjaev, 50, a citizen of Uzbekistan residing in Panama City, Fla., pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony. Azizkhodjaev admitted that, while he was employed at Giant Labor Solutions between June 2006 and December 2007, his employer failed to withhold payroll taxes from Azizkhodjaev’s salary, thus committing evasion of corporate employment tax. Azizkhodjaev concealed this offense by neglecting to file a tax return.

Under federal statutes, Fazilov is subject to a sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $250,000 and an order of restitution. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William L. Meiners and Trial Attorney Jim Felte with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit. It was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Labor, OIG-Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Kansas Department of Revenue-Criminal Investigations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Independence, Mo., Police Department in conjunction with the Human Trafficking Rescue Project.


13 posted on 08/16/2010 7:38:48 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1008/100819kansascity.htm

August 19, 2010

Sixth co-defendant pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A man from Uzbekistan pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to his role in a criminal enterprise involving illegal aliens working in 14 states, including employees at hotels in the Kansas City, Mo., area and in Branson, Mo. This plea was announced by Beth Phillips, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

Nodirbek N. Abdoollayev, 28, a citizen of Uzbekistan residing in Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ortrie D. Smith to the charge contained in a Jan. 7 superseding indictment.

Abdoollayev admitted that from February to October 2007 he participated in a racketeering enterprise with other individuals who were part of a visa fraud scheme.

The federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) indictment alleges an extensive and profitable criminal enterprise in which hundreds of illegal aliens were employed at hotels and other businesses across the country. The criminal enterprise used false information to acquire fraudulent work visas for these foreign nationals.

Abdoollayev used nominee entity Labor Fix International in his role as its vice president, and in his role as marketing manager for Giant Labor Solutions, to maintain labor leasing contracts and recruit foreign national workers to fulfill these contracts. Abdoollayev was responsible for facilitating about $407,128 in illegal proceeds, including H2B visa fees, and other payments from hotels, resorts and a roofing company staffed with unauthorized and illegal foreign workers.

Abdoollayev also assisted in recruiting foreign workers from Uzbekistan and in setting up a website for Giant Labor Solutions. He solicited hotel accounts as clients for Giant Labor Solutions and recruited H2B visa holders to fulfill these accounts.

Abdoollayev is the sixth co-defendant to plead guilty in this visa fraud scheme.

Andrew Cole, 55, of St. Charles, pleaded guilty to participating in the racketeering conspiracy and to fraud in foreign labor contracting on Aug. 18. Cole admitted that he was responsible for negotiating labor leasing contracts involving foreign nationals. Cole controlled Advantage Labor Services and represented Crystal Management Inc., which were both racketeering entities, for the purpose of supplying illegal foreign workers to fulfill labor leasing contracts.

Cole recruited workers from the Dominican Republic by falsely representing the terms, conditions, and nature of their employment as hotel workers in the Kansas City, Mo., area. At the time Cole recruited these foreign workers, he knew that they would not be paid the wages promised and that many of them would be sent outside the Kansas City area to work in factory positions in Alabama. Cole also knew that threats of deportation and other adverse immigration consequences would be made to these foreign workers by members of the criminal enterprise in order to maintain their labor. Cole also admitted that he assisted in transporting and housing illegal aliens in Wyoming, outside of the parameter of their visas, in substandard housing conditions.

Ilkham Fazilov, 45, a citizen of Uzbekistan residing Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty to the racketeering conspiracy on Aug. 16. Fazilov was the nominee organizer of Five Star Cleaning LLC, and Suncoast Hospitality Inc., which were fictitious shell companies used to obtain work authorization for foreign nationals and conceal the unlawful proceeds of the criminal enterprise. Fazilov handled the payroll for the foreign workers and executed fraudulent ETA-750 petitions, which falsely claimed an exaggerated need for workers. These workers were placed for employment outside the parameters of the petition in violation of federal law. Fazilov also opened bank accounts for these shell companies and wire transferred unlawful proceeds to facilitate enterprise activities.

Jakhongir Kakhkharov, 30, a citizen of Uzbekistan, pleaded guilty to the same charge on March 16. Kakhkharov acted as head of Midwest Management Inc., a nominee entity established as part of the criminal enterprise to launder the illegal proceeds of the enterprise and to avoid paying taxes. Kakhkharov admitted that he laundered a total of $634,192 in unlawful proceeds between July and December 2007. He also admitted that he used apartments in the Kansas City, Mo., area to house illegal aliens between July 2007 and January 2008.

Alexandru Frumusache, 25, a citizen of the Republic of Moldova residing in Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty on Oct. 7, 2009 to forced-labor trafficking. Between September 2008 and the end of April 2009, Frumusache aided and abetted others in a scheme to cause foreign workers (including citizens from the Philippines, Dominican Republic, and Jamaica) to believe that they would be deported, or their H2B work visas would be cancelled, or they or their families members would be penalized with a $5,000 to $10,000 fee, if the foreign workers failed or refused to work where and when they were ordered to work.

Frumusache also admitted that he aided and abetted others in subjecting the foreign workers to terrible living conditions without food, furniture or appropriate sleeping arrangements. They assigned more foreign workers than each living space allowed and the foreign workers were subjected to sleeping on the floor or mattresses. They utilized the housing arrangement as an additional way to profit off of the foreign workers by overcharging them in rent and automatically withdrawing the fees from the foreign workers’ pay checks.

Abdukakhar Azizkhodjaev, 50, a citizen of Uzbekistan residing in Panama City, Fla., pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony. Azizkhodjaev admitted that, while he was employed at Giant Labor Solutions between June 2006 and December 2007, his employer failed to withhold payroll taxes from Azizkhodjaev’s salary, thus committing evasion of corporate employment tax. Azizkhodjaev concealed this offense by neglecting to file a tax return.

Under federal statutes, Abdoollayev is subject to a sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $250,000 and an order of restitution. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the U.S. Probation Office.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William L. Meiners and Trial Attorney Jim Felte with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.

This case was investigated by the following agencies: ICE-HSI, the FBI, U.S. Department of Labor, OIG’s Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation, the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Criminal Investigations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Independence, Mo., Police Department in conjunction with the Human Trafficking Rescue Project.

— ICE —


14 posted on 08/22/2010 1:18:58 AM PDT by Cindy
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May 9, 2011

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kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel11/kc050911.htm

Uzbek Man Sentenced for Role in Multi-National Racketeering and Forced Labor Enterprise

WASHINGTON—An Uzbek national was sentenced today for his role as the leader of a illicit enterprise that engaged in numerous criminal activities including forced labor, fraud in foreign labor contracting, visa fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, tax evasion, and money laundering, the Department of Justice announced. Abrorkhodja Askarkhodjaev was sentenced to 12 years in prison and three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $172,000 in restitution to the foreign worker fraud and forced labor victims, in addition to restitution for harm caused by other aspects of the criminal enterprise. Askarkhodjaev pleaded guilty in October 2010, to racketeering conspiracy, fraud in foreign labor contracting, evasion of corporate employment tax, and identity theft.

As leader of this multi-national criminal enterprise, whose members included nationals of Uzbekistan, Moldova, and the United States, Askarkhodjaev arranged for the recruitment and exploitation of dozens of workers from Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines, and elsewhere, many of whom were recruited with false promises concerning the terms, conditions, and nature of their employment. Once in the United States, the workers were held in overcrowded apartments and compelled into service and hospitality jobs in as many as 14 states. Members of the criminal enterprise withheld much of the victims’ earnings and threatened them with deportation and financial penalties if they refused to comply with the defendants’ demands.

“The defendant directed a criminal organization that, out of pure greed, exploited the hopes and dreams of scores of foreign workers, degrading them through threats and deceit,” said Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas E. Perez. “The Department of Justice will continue to vigorously prosecute these cases and dismantle criminal networks that prey on vulnerable victims.”

“This case was the first in the country in which forced labor trafficking was charged as part of a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, conspiracy,” said U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri Beth Phillips. “Hundreds of illegal aliens working in 14 states were victims of modern-day slavery, including employees at hotels in the Kansas City, Mo., area and in Branson, Mo.”

Co-defendants Kristin Dougherty, Ilkham Fazilov, Viorel Simon, Nodirbek Abdollayev, Jakhongir Kakhkarov, Alexandru Frumusache, and Abdukakhar Azizkhodjaev were previously sentenced for their respective roles in this criminal enterprise. Dougherty was convicted of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and wire fraud and was sentenced to 60 months in prison. Fazilov was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and was sentenced to 41 months in prison. Simon was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and fraud in foreign labor contracting and was sentenced to 25 months in prison. Abdoollayev was convicted of racketeering and was sentenced to 21 months in prison. Kakhkharov and Azizkhodjaev were convicted of racketeering conspiracy and misprision of a felony respectively, and both were sentenced to time served. Andrew Cole, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and fraud in foreign labor contracting, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 10, 2011.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William L. Meiners, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Trey Alford, and Deputy Chief Jim Felte of the Civil Rights Division. It was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, the U.S. Department of Labor- Office of the Inspector General, the Internal Revenue Service- Criminal Investigations, the Kansas Department of Revenue- Criminal Investigations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Independence, Mo., Police Department in conjunction with the Human Trafficking Rescue Project.


15 posted on 05/11/2011 2:44:26 PM PDT by Cindy
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