Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States
A Denver-area man brought foreign nurses to the US under false pretenses via visa fraud, then collected much of their pay while threatening deportation if they complained. Accused: Kizzy Kalu of Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Location
United States · Highlands Ranch, Colorado · 2023 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
ICE Homeland Security Investigations, State Department Diplomatic Security Service, DOL-OIG. Kalu convicted of 89 counts; sentenced to 130 months and ordered to pay $3.79 million restitution. Victims supported through the Civil Rights Division Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.
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