USA: Indian-American hid 2 illegal migrants at home, made them work without pay; now pleads guilty

An Indian-American woman living in USA's New Jersey has pleaded guilty to hiding and harbouring two undocumented Indian women, making them work at her house, and not paying them any wages.

The accused, Harsha Sahni, has agreed to pay the victims more than $640,000, and also pay up to $200,000 for treatment of one of the victims' brain aneurysm.

Sahni was accused of conspiring to conceal the two women for her own financial gain, while paying the victims' families in India for their work. She also told the victims that they would be arrested and deported if they spoke to US officials.

She instructed the victims to tell other people that they were related to Sahni, and Sahni use fake names and addresses in furtherance of the conspiracy. From 2013 to 2019, Sahni also failed to pay certain taxes notwithstanding that the victims were Sahni’s household employees.

(With agency inputs)

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