Mass. 'environmental fugitive' jailed
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The Associated Press
Published: September 13, 2011 6:38 PM EST

A federal judge in Boston has sentenced the former president of the country's largest asbestos removal training school to more than seven years in prison after she was extradited from the Dominican Republic, where she was a U.S. "environmental fugitive."

Albania Deleon was also ordered Tuesday to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution, nearly three years after she was convicted of several charges including selling certificates from Environmental Compliance Training of Methuen, Mass., to hundreds of illegal immigrants who had not taken the mandatory training course. Deleon fled abroad while awaiting sentencing.

Prosecutors said the immigrants were sent to work at asbestos demolition sites through her temporary employment agency, and were paid "under the table" for their work, saving more than $1 million dollars in tax and insurance payments. The company shut down in May 2007.

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