Slaughtering
US: Agriprocessors - slaughterhouse manager pleads guilty 15 Apr 2009
A former personnel manager who had been arrested after a major immigration raid at a kosher slaughterhouse pleaded guilty.
The plead to guilty was made on Monday to federal immigration charges.
Harbour undocumented aliens
According to reports,Elizabeth Billmeyer, 48, of Postville, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to harbour undocumented aliens for profit and one count of knowingly accepting counterfeit resident alien cards. Billmeyer may face up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
According to reports,Elizabeth Billmeyer, 48, of Postville, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to harbour undocumented aliens for profit and one count of knowingly accepting counterfeit resident alien cards. Billmeyer may face up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
Billmeyer was an employee at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville when federal agents arrested 389 people in an immigration raid in May last year.
A release from the US attorney's office stated that over a five-year period leading up to the raid, Billmeyer schemed with others to harbour illegal immigrants at the plant for commercial advantage and private financial gain.
Charged
Agriprocessors, as well as other top managers, including former plant vice president Sholom Rubashkin, were charged last year with conspiracy to harbour undocumented immigrants for profit, aiding and abetting the harbouring of undocumented immigrants and conspiracy to commit document fraud, among other counts.
Agriprocessors, as well as other top managers, including former plant vice president Sholom Rubashkin, were charged last year with conspiracy to harbour undocumented immigrants for profit, aiding and abetting the harbouring of undocumented immigrants and conspiracy to commit document fraud, among other counts.
Bankruptcy
The firm has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and stopped production at a certain point, even though some lines have since reopened.
The firm has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and stopped production at a certain point, even though some lines have since reopened.
Billmeyer and others at the plant still face thousands of state child labour law charges. A sentencing will be scheduled after a pre-sentence report is prepared, according to reports.
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