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The manager of a laundry business in Virginia was accused of pulling a 13-year-old girl’s hair while ordering her back to work. Other teenagers told investigators they were forced to toil through grueling 11-hour overnight shifts before school. And a new mother was grabbed by the arm and shaken when she asked for help taking…
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Norfolk investigation led to a guilty plea from a Midlothian, Virginia man Jan. 31 for conspiring to defraud and commit offenses against the United States, including human trafficking of individuals from Central America; benefiting from forced labor; money laundering; and harboring undocumented non-citizens. According to the…
A Williamsburg business owner pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to human trafficking of people from Central America and forcing them to work. George William Evans, 68, co-owned Northstar Holdings of Virginia LLC, also known as Magnolia Cleaning Services, a commercial laundry business, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. There, he participated in…
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The owner of Magnolia Cleaning Services pleaded guilty to federal fraud and human trafficking charges. George William Evans, 68, entered a guilty plea Tuesday. Three other suspects in the case pleaded not guilty in December. All four defendants were arrested by U.S. Marshals in December on charges of money laundering, forced labor,…
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Midlothian man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud and commit offenses against the United States, including human trafficking of individuals from Central America, benefiting from forced labor, money laundering, and harboring undocumented non-citizens. According to court documents, George William Evans, 68, was the fifty-percent owner of a commercial laundry…
Four people face multiple charges for bringing in people from Central America illegally and forcing them to work to pay off their debts. AFP KEY POINTS Four people are accused of human trafficking, benefiting from forced labor and money laundering Their laundry business allegedly employed at least 121 employees who were potentially victims of labor…
NORFOLK, Va. – Three of the four people facing charges related to a human trafficking case at a Williamsburg laundry facility pleaded not guilty in the case. All four defendants appeared before a federal judge Tuesday at the U.S. District Courthouse in Norfolk. They were arrested by U.S. Marshals last week on charges of money…
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — An investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations Norfolk, commonly called HSI Norfolk, and the Hampton Roads Human Trafficking Task Force has resulted in four individuals being indicted on 33 charges, including human trafficking of individuals from Central America, benefiting from forced labor, money laundering and harboring undocumented noncitizens. According to the…
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A 33-count indictment was unsealed today charging four people with joining together to defraud and commit offenses against the United States, including human trafficking of individuals from Central America, benefiting from forced labor, money laundering, and various other immigration-related offenses, such as harboring undocumented non-citizens. According to allegations in the indictment,…
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