INQUIRER.net: US convenience stores exploited immigrants from PH, Pakistan

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US convenience stores exploited immigrants from PH, Pakistan Jun 17th 2013, 23:50 NEW YORK—Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven convenience stores were charged Monday in a scheme to exploit immigrants from Pakistan and the Philippines, in part by paying them using the stolen Social Security numbers of a child and three dead people while stealing most of their wages.   Most of the defendants were arrested early Monday as federal authorities raided 14 franchise stores on Long Island, New York, and in Virginia. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were executing search warrants at more than 40 other stores across the US suspected of similar infractions, authorities said at a news conference in Brooklyn.   "These nine defendants created a... Keep on reading: US convenience stores exploited immigrants from PH, Pakistan Media files: Convenience-Store-1024x682.jpg (image/jpeg)

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