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October 12, 2021 — The former owner of a debt collection company pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for corruptly agreeing to underwrite certain expenses for a special event hosted by the former Cook County Circuit Court Clerk.
“Malinek was verbally abusive to me and the others in the house. Malinek would tell the adults that if anyone told anyone about what was happening in the house or their debt payments to Malinek that she would have them deported back to Guatemala and Malinek would keep their kids here with her,” the teen, identified in the government’s sentencing memo as “Victim 1,” told investigators. At one point, Malinek feared the father was going to report what was happening and said she would claim the man was sexually abusing the girl, the teen explained. She also said she saw Malinek hit her ...
Cicero woman gets 6.5 years for labor trafficking By Associated Press Concepcion Malinek, 50 (Photo source: Kendall County Sheriff's Department) CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago woman was sentenced Tuesday to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to charges alleging she helped several people from Guatemala enter the U.S. illegally and forbid them from leaving her home until they paid off debts to her. Concepcion Malinek, 50, of Cicero, had pleaded guilty last year to one count of labor trafficking. Prosecutors said that from 2009 to 2019, Malinek helped at least 10 Guatemalan immi...
CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago woman was sentenced Tuesday to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that she helped several people from Guatemala enter the U.S. illegally and forbade them from leaving her home until they paid off debts to her. Concepcion Malinek, 50, of Cicero, Ill., had pleaded guilty last year to one count of labor trafficking. Prosecutors said that, from 2009 to 2019, Malinek helped at least 10 Guatemalan immigrants enter the U.S. illegally and forced them to work in a factory to pay off their debts to her. They said Malinek threatened the vic...
Suburban Chicago woman gets 6.5 years for labour trafficking This March 29, 2019 photo provided by the Kendall County Sheriff's Department in Yorkville, Ill., shows Concepcion Malinek. Malinek has pleaded guilty to a federal labor charge for helping several people from Guatemala enter the U.S. and then forbidding them from leaving her home until they paid off their debt to her. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Malinek of Cicero, Ill., pleaded guilty Tuesday, July 28, 2020, to one count of labor trafficking. Prosecutors said she admitted helping 10 Guatemalan immigrants with ill...