By
Fatimah Idera
ABDUL MOHSEN ALHUNAIF, a former diplomatic attaché assigned to the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, and his wife KHALEDAH SAAD ALDHUBAIBI were charged in Manhattan federal court with forced labour and other related offence.
The United States Attorney for the SouthernSouthern District of New York, Damian Williams, and the Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (“DSS”), Carlos F. Matus announced the couple’s crime.
ALHUNAIF and ALDHUBAIBI were charged with visa fraud, fraud in foreign labour contracting, conspiracy to commit visa fraud and fraud in foreign labour contracting in connection with their hiring and subsequent abuse of three domestic workers from India and the Philippines respectively.
ALHUNAIF is charged with three counts of visa fraud, which each carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, and three counts of fraud in foreign labour contracting, which each carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
The maximum potential sentences are prescribed by Congress and are provided for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by a judge
However, the prosecution of the case is being handled by the Office of the Civil Rights Unit in the Criminal Division and the office of the Assistant of United States.
Also, the charges contained in the Indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
