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BANGOR, Maine -- The husband of a Harrington woman being held on immigration charges has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to hire illegal aliens.
Juan Centeno Perez, 46, of Harrington is charged with conspiring between January 2005 and June 2006 to hire at least 10 illegal aliens to work at a Washington County sea cucumber processing plant.
Perez is believed to have fled the area.
If arrested and convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
He was indicted on Sept. 19, but documents were not made public until Monday.
Doris Amanda Ayala Escalante pleaded not guilty in July to charges of visa fraud and aggravated identity theft after being indicted earlier that month by a federal grand jury.
Posted by tyne at September 26, 2007