Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Feds Charge 2 With Hiring Illegal Aliens

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―Executives of two northwest suburban businesses have been charged by the federal government with hiring illegal aliens to supply temporary labor to warehouses.

Clinton Roy Perkins, 65, and his son-in-law, Christopher J. Reindl, 40, both of St. Charles, are president and office manager, respectively, of Anna II Inc. and Can Do It Inc., both located at 801 Golf Lane in Bensenville. They have been charged with one count each of unlawfully hiring illegal aliens, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's office.

In addition to hiring illegal workers, the defendants allegedly paid their workers' wages in cash and failed to deduct payroll taxes or other withholdings, according to a single-count criminal information filed in U.S. District Court, the release said...