Ramon Maldonado (age 49) of Olympia, Washington is the former owner of Ramon's Flooring and Carpet Installation, Inc., of Lacey, Washington. After his arrest, his business changed its name to JC Flooring. In June, 2005, Maldonado offered to employ a man (we'll call him J.G.) in his flooring business. J.G. is a Mexican National who was living in Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico. Ramon Maldonado provided money to J.G. to pay his smuggling fees. Once J.G. arrived in the US, Maldonado required him to repay his smuggling fees by working for his flooring company. Maldonado told J.G. that he could be arrested and deported because he was in the country illegally if he tried to leave. J.G. lived in the garage of Maldonado's home while working 14-17 hours a day installing carpet and providing manual labor to the flooring company.
Location
United States · Lacey, Washington · 2008
(location generalized to protect survivors) Response & intervention
The case was investigated by U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (DOLOIG), the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of the Army Criminal Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the FBI. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ye-Ting Woo.
Ramon Maldonado was indicted in August 2007. He was arrested by federal agents in January 2008. Maldonado will pay $8,798 in restitution to J.G. Prosecutors have agreed to recommend a twelve month prison sentence for Maldonado; he also faces a fine of up to $250,000 and a three year period of supervised release following imprisonment.
J.G. received legal services, support, and advocacy.
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