Conviction relating to I-9 investigation

USA v. Ramirez, __ F.3d __ (6th Cir. Feb. 14, 2011) (published).

The defendant was a quality control manager at a cheese cutting and wrapping company.  ICE and the NLRB were investigating the company for immigration and work stoppage issues, respectively.  The two agencies worked to set up the defendant and she made incriminating statements, which she later contradicted before the grand jury.

She was convicted of harboring and perjury-related charges, but acquited of possessing false documents.

The defendant had made statements to the effect that she knew employees were submitting fake documents and the documents were of "poor" quality. 

The facts were not the best, but this decision should be a warning to companies and managers.