Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Pennsylvania residents, Miguel Morales, 48, of Quarryville, Jose Morales, 39, of Quarryville, Oscar Carrillo-Perez, 35, of West Grove, and Santiago Garcia-Ramirez, 44, of Landenberg, were arrested and indicted. Morales was indicted for conspiring to transport and transporting undocumented workers and for making false statements. Morales and Urena were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and failure to collect and pay employment taxes.
Quarryville Business Owner Indicted
Miguel Morales, the business owner of Morales Contractor based in Quarryville, acted as a contractor and provided labor force to many mushroom farms in Chester County. The labor force that Morales provided to many independently-operated farms were undocumented workers. Further, Morales facilitated some of these undocumented workers staying in about ten of the housing facilities that he owned by
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PHILADELPHIA Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Miguel Morales of Quarryville, PA; Jose Morales, also of Quarryville, PA; Oscar Carrillo-Perez of West Grove, PA; and Santiago Garcia-Ramirez of Landenberg, PA; were arrested in a take-down operation conducted this morning following their Indictment on charges of conspiring to transport, and transporting, people who are not lawfully present in the United States. Additionally, Morales was charged with making false statements. In a separate Indictment, Miguel Morales and Lawrence Urena of Spring Lake, North Carolina (who was also arrested) were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and failure to collect and pay employment taxes.
Updated: 10:18 AM EDT April 15, 2021
QUARRYVILLE, Pa. Two Lancaster County men were among four people arrested Wednesday in a raid by federal agents investigating charges of illegal transportation of undocumented workers to mushroom farms in Chester County, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Miguel Morales, 48, and Jose Morales, 39, both of Quarryville, were taken into custody during a take-down operation Wednesday morning, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams.
Also arrested were two Chester County men: Oscar Carillo-Perez, 35, of West Grove, and Santiago Garcia-Ramierz, 44, of Landenberg, Williams said.
All four were indicted on charges of conspiring to transport, and transporting, people who are not lawfully present in the United States, according to Williams.
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