Thread: Brooklyn man gets 51 months for harboring illegal aliens

I.C.E. News Release

November 18, 2010
Pittsburgh, PA

Brooklyn man sentenced in Pittsburgh to 51 months for alien harboring scheme

PITTSBURGH - Gregory Kucher, 64, of Brooklyn, New York, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 51 months in prison to be followed by two years supervised release on his conviction of alien harboring, money laundering conspiracy, and tax evasion. The Court also ordered the forfeiture of cash and personal property. The investigation was led by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

According the court record, Kucher employed more than 100 out-of-status aliens to provide services to his client businesses in Western Pennsylvania. The term "out-of-status aliens" refers to individuals who may have lawfully entered the United States, but have either overstayed the terms of their visas or were not permitted to be employed while in the United States under the terms of their visas.

He transported his illegal alien employees between approximately 2002 and 2006 to and from client businesses in Western Pennsylvania for a fee. Kucher also laundered the profits generated through the wages of these workers. He also pleaded guilty to tax evasion, for failing to declare and pay taxes on the wages earned by the illegal workers contracted to various businesses in the Greater Pittsburgh area. The total tax loss was approximately $1.5 million.

"This is particularly troubling case because it demonstrates the vast underlying criminal activities that accompany the exploitation of illegal labor," said John P. Kelleghan, special agent in charge of the ICE HSI in Philadelphia. "HSI remains committed to investigating companies and their managers who commit crimes that exploit people and funnel illegal earnings into criminal enterprises. These crimes dramatically impact our economy and communities."

"Law abiding citizens expect the government to hold accountable those who use deceit and fraud to line their pockets with money, especially when that fraud represents stolen federal taxes," said Sybil Smith, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS-Criminal Investigation Pittsburgh Field Office. "Mr. Kucher's sentence should serve as a warning that tough punishment awaits someone who may decide to embark on a similar fraudulent journey."

Assisting HSI in the investigation was Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, and the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Labor. Assistant United States Attorney Margaret E. Picking prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

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Two articles about enforcement in NY in one day? Be still my heart!

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

Two articles about enforcement in NY in one day? Be still my heart!

FOUR (About N.Y., not enforcement.)

Sharpton, N.Y.P.D. team up to get guns off streets

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-218781.html


15 to 35 MILLION gallons of water wasted per day in N.Y.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-218752.html

While I am no fan of the Obama administration it seems they are doing more to prosecute these people than the Bush administration did. Is this true or is there just more publicity these days?

Not true. Michael Chertoff deported millions of illegal aliens across America, and used his power to prosecute many employers, businesses, and individuals. That is why hispanics didn't vote Republican recently. Holder and Napolitano are sitting on their hands and doing much to keep illegals here, including asking the United Nations ( foreign Governments) to go after Arizona for next to nothing. B.O., nor his administration, are not anti-"ILLEGAL" alien.