Cleaning service hired 87 illegal workers
By Robert Patrick
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
06/19/2009

ST. LOUIS - The owner of a cleaning service accused of employing 87 people who used false or nonexistent Social Security numbers has pleaded guilty to a federal charges.

Imelda Rios-Diaz, 43, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and Social Security fraud Thursday. She admitted being part of a conspiracy to use false or fraudulent Social Security numbers for her undocumented employees on state labor documents.

In wage reports sent to Missouri from Neat Touch for the fourth quarter of 2008, investigators found that 73 of the 95 listed employees were using the Social Security numbers of others and 14 were using fake numbers, documents show.

When agents raided her business in April and asked for her identification, Rios-Diaz showed them an expired Missouri license that had her name and personal information but the Social Security number of someone else, documents show.

Rios-Diaz's lawyers could not be reached for comment Friday.


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