Indian American To Pay $200,000 For Not Paying Wages To Undocumented Women

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EDISON, NJ- An NJ woman kept undocumented women from India and failed to pay them wages. Harsha Sahni from NJ has pleaded guilty for not only harboring two undocumented women from India and failing to pay their wages. Sahni, has agreed to pay the victims a combined $642,212 and has agreed to pay up to $200,000 towards the treatment of one of the victim’s brain aneurysm. She instructed the victims to tell other people that they were related to Sahni,

Harsha and Sahni use fake names and addresses in furtherance of the conspiracy. From 2013 to 2019, Sahni also failed to pay certain taxes notwithstanding that the victims were Sahni’s household employees. Sahni has also agreed to pay restitution to the IRS, as part of the plea agreement. Sahni conspired with others to conceal and harbor two foreign nationals from India, who Sahni recruited to work for Sahni and her family in their homes in New Jersey. She caused the victims to believe that they would be arrested and deported if they interacted with law enforcement.