Tribune-Review
OHIO Township, PENNSYLVANIA -- Federal authorities on Friday charged the owner of a Stowe-based Chinese food supplier with harboring illegal aliens.
Bao Ping Zheng, 39, of Ohio Township, has been in federal custody on immigration violations since September, said his attorney, Martin Dietz. The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a criminal complaint against Zheng, marking the first public notice of his legal troubles.
Prosecutors said a two-year investigation revealed Zheng knowingly hired illegal Chinese workers through a New York employment agency to work at his New Chinatown/NBT Trucking on Island Avenue.
The investigation determined that Zheng, himself an illegal immigrant, hired seven employees who were either in the United States illegally or lacked authorization to work, prosecutors contend.
Posted by tyne at January 12, 2008