Judge Slaps Business Owner with $400,000 Fine for Hiring Illegal Aliens
A California judge has fined the owner of a popular San Diego restaurant for hiring illegal-alien workers. Michel Malecot, owner of The French Gourmet, was spared jail time but must pay $400,000 for the illegal hirings. Federal prosecutors were seeking $650,000 in fines.
Over several years, federal agents discovered that Malecot had hired 91 illegal-alien workers.
Malecot plead guilty to the charges in October, but said that when he learned he had hired illegal workers he decided not to fire them out of compassion for them. As part of his plea to the court, Malecot has started using E-Verify at The French Gourmet.
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