Texas man sentenced for hiring illegal aliens

Oct 5, 2007

A Texas man today was sentenced in federal court for hiring illegal aliens, according to John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Francisco Sandoval, 47, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced to two years of probation. Sandoval earlier forfeited to the government a 1998 Ford Econoline van and $1,124 that had been seized by law enforcement officers.

On April 4, Sandoval pleaded guilty to hiring 10 illegal aliens as part of a pattern or practice of hiring illegal aliens for employment in his telephone directory distribution business. Sandoval used illegal aliens to distribute telephone directories in various locations throughout the U.S. Sandoval was in the process of transporting the illegal aliens through Missouri on Interstate 44 when he was arrested on May 31, 2005.

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