Thread: ME: Migrant Workers' Advocate Indicted

A least one story was posted when charges first were brought against Guiliani, but I cannot locate it.

1/16/10 | 20 comments

Migrant workers’ advocate indicted

By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff

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Ben Giuliani Jr., an advocate in the Hispanic community who has been indicted in federal court.


BANGOR, Maine — A South Portland man who took on Wal-Mart and the former DeCoster Egg Farm in Turner on behalf of Latino workers was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on five counts, including transporting and harboring illegal aliens.

Benjamin J. Guiliani Sr., 63, also was indicted on charges of Social Security fraud, tax evasion, failure to file a corporate tax return, and student assistance fraud.

The longtime advocate for migrant workers and immigration rights is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 28 in U.S. District Court in Bangor.

In December 2006, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided Guiliani’s South Portland home and seized computers and boxes of evidence, according to a story previously published in the Bangor Daily News.

“I do not know the government’s intentions,â€

Later that year, Guiliani was one of eight Mainers nominated by U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe as Senate Hispanic leadership nominees, according to a press release issued by the senator’s office.

Boy, was that poor judgment!

Guiliani and migrant workers on April 21, 2005, presented Gov. John Baldacci with a United Farm Workers union flag and sombrero, according to The Associated Press. The group also serenaded the governor in Spanish. Later that year, Guiliani was one of eight Mainers nominated by U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe as Senate Hispanic leadership nominees, according to a press release issued by the senator’s office.

Another corrupted, la raza reconquista disciple bites the dust!