Suburban Chicago woman gets 6.5 years for labor trafficking
Suburban Chicago woman gets 6.5 years for labor trafficking April 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 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 ...