Posted on 11/07/2004 3:02:50 PM PST by 4.1O dana super trac pak
For 33-year old Alvaro Nunoz, life in the U.S. was good. He owned his own Mexican restaurant, made good money and had a beautiful home in an upscale neighborhood in Vienna.
But his life was turned upside down in April of 2003 when he was caught smuggling illegal aliens into the U.S. and charged with money laundering.
He's since been deported back to Mexico and his two homes have been seized and auctioned off.
About 100 people showed up Saturday morning for the auction of his fully furnished home at 5505 Greenmont Terrace in Vienna.
The furniture was worth more than $100,000 alone.
The winning bid was $570,000. The winning bidder was Charlie Hughes.
Also auctioned off to the highest bidder was his more modest home at 1114 15th street in Vienna. That one went for $55,000.
Sixty-five percent of the proceeds will be returned to the Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force, who has assisted the IRS in this investigation. The remaining money will go to the U.S. Treasury Department.
Jeff Sandy of the IRS says, "This case is especially significant in that it involved the importation of an illegal work force from Mexico into this country which was basically slave labor. This enabled Munoz to increase their profit margins at their restaurants, not only in Parkersburg... but in other parts of West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee."
And getting caught earned him nothing but a one-way ticket home.
He'll be back.
What can you say........It's time to pay the piper......
One down and a long row to hoe...
Yes, he'll be back... along with 20 of his cousins.
Why not JAIL? I thought money laundering was something the feds did not sneeze at. Musta thought wrong.
Isn't there a Federal Law that covers slavery that could be applied to this kind of case???????
Slavery is Slavery is Slavery is Slavery and that should be a more serious crime than the bringing in illegals to "make them work." It needs to be reclassified.
All in one car!
FMCDH(BITS)
Looks like Charlie Hughes (winning bidder) did pretty good for himself.
I agree.
BTTT.....:o)
It doesn't say, but I'll have to assume with the money laundering charge this guy was involved with drugs too.
I'm not quite following this.
This guy is a citizen?
If so, he's already home, and being home makes him subject to the same laws as every other citizen!
If I get caught smuggling aliens, they won't send me to Mexico - they'll send me to jail!
If he's not a citizen, how did he get all the permits to open his restaurant?
And again, why isn't he in jail?
Naw! This is a money grab, pure and simple!
He was, however, allowed to keep all his official matricula cards, each proving that he was exactly the person he claimed to be. BTW, does this mean that he will have to pay the "out of state" tuition rates at the community college?
Yeah, right, I guess he was doing it in his sleep and he didn't realize it until they caught him. And then his life was turned upside down.
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