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Man indicted in illegal immigrant case accepts plea deal

Last Update: 05/04/2005 1:31:39 PM
By: Associated Press


ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - An Albuquerque businessman has accepted a plea agreement to accusations of hiring undocumented immigrants.

Thirty-nine-year-old Feng Chen was the last of six people to enter a plea agreement after they were arrested last summer when three Chinese restaurants in Albuquerque were accused of hiring undocumented immigrants.

Chen pleaded guilty to federal charges of harboring and inducing immigrants to enter the country illegally and knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

Chen will be sentenced August 30th before US District Judge James Browning. The plea deal calls for Chen to face up to six months in prison plus probation. He also must forfeit more than $20,000.

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