BREAKING NEWS
BREAKING NEWS : Iris Villalon, one of four #Mississippi managers involved with food processing plants raided by @ICEgov back in Aug. of 2019 has pled guilty to knowingly hiring & harboring undocumented immigrants for financial gains of A&B inc. in Pelahatchie from 2011-2019.
Villalon was the head of payroll company “Southern Knights Industrial Services” in Brandon who contracted with A&B inc. to manage paying & hiring workers for this meat processing plant. Prosecutors found for multiple undocumented workers she falsified documents for them.
For every employee hired to A&B inc. Southern Knights & Villalon would receive 15% of what their salary was. Prosecutors pointed to the more people brought on the more money she would get. Villalon cannot appeal this specific ruling as part of the plea deal.
Iris Villalon’s sentencing will be determined on Aug. 19th at 9:00am. For this one conviction she could face up to 10 years in prison plus a fine of up to $250,000. She’s also on trial for “making false statements” to investigators & “causing false quarterly wage reports.
But she did not plead guilty for the other two charges. Villalon and her Attorney John R. Reeves had no comment leaving the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse. As of now former @USAttyHurst has declined to comment on this latest development. #FocusedOnYou
