President of Round Rock business arrested in immigration inquiry
Federal authorities arrested three men Monday after a grand jury indicted them on charges that they illegally employed immigrants at a Round Rock sheet metal business.
The president of CORTEC Precision Manufacturing, Richard Anthony Corrales, 55, was among those arrested after investigators with the Department of Homeland Security said the business had employed at least 16 immigrants illegally since September 2013, according to the U.S. attorney general’s San Antonio office.
Also charged were Mon Prum Cerda, 42, a human resources manager, and Leopoldo Yepez, 44, a brake operator for CORTEC. All three are charged with one count of harboring undocumented aliens and one count of unlawful employment of undocumented aliens, the attorney general’s office said. If convicted, they could face up to 10 years in prison for the harboring charge.
The indictment accuses CORTEC of continuing to employ immigrants illegally after Homeland Security gave notice for the business to provide valid documentation for at least 16 employees, the attorney general’s office said. Business officials told authorities that all of the employees in question were fired, though they continued to work there, the attorney general’s office said.
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