An Ohio doughnut factory was fined $40,000 for hiring illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Butler County Sheriff\u2019s Office fined a Monroe Ohio doughnut factory $40,000 for violations of immigration laws on July 7, 2009. The Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation might have been fined an even greater amount if they hadn\u2019t reached a settlement.<\/p>\n
ICE conducted an I-9 Inspection of Krispy Kreme after receiving an anonymous tip through the Butler County Sheriff\u2019s Office that revealed dozens of illegal aliens were employed at their doughnut factory only a few miles from Cincinnati at their Lawton Avenue plant in Monroe. The company had employed 25 unauthorized workers locally and in some cases was lacking required paperwork.<\/p>\n
The Krispy Kreme plant is approximately 26,000 square feet and employs 90 people. It has been in operation since 1998 and produces all varieties of cake and yeast doughnuts.<\/p>\n
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