Ex-manager of Waterville Chinese restaurant sentenced to 14 months in federal prison
By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News, Maine | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
In addition to prison time, U.S. District Judge
Woodcock ordered her to report to prison on
The Zhang family owned buffet-style Chinese restaurants in
The investigation, which began in
Zhang's cousin,
Between
The restaurant also employed some legal workers, according to court documents. They were paid with payroll checks and reported on the restaurant's quarterly tax filings. The unauthorized employees were not.
The unauthorized workers lived at what was described in court documents as a "safe house" at
Zhang faced up to 20 years in federal prison on the money laundering charge. On the harboring illegal aliens and filing false federal tax return charges, she faced up to 10 years in prison. In addition, she could have been fined a total of
Under the federal sentencing guidelines, she faced between 21 and 27 months in federal prison, Assistant U.S. Attorney
The prosecutor said that the judge imposed a variant sentence.
Efforts to reach Federal Public Defender
The investigation was conducted by the
"Homeland Security Investigations is committed to holding businesses accountable when they knowingly hire an illegal workforce,"
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