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United States v. Carslake

Resumen de los hechos

“Frosty Treats,” a Russian company operating ice-cream trucks near Kansas City, Missouri, promised a group of college students from the Ukraine the opportunity to earn salaries between $10,000 and $15,000 for the summer in the United States. Once in the United States, however, the students were forced to work 13 hours a day, seven days a week, for less than minimum wage. Defendants restricted the students' access to telephone and mail communication. On September 10, 2007, David Carslake pled guilty to obstruction of mail; Frosty Treats entered a separate settlement agreement, agreeing to pay more than $47,555 in restitution to the six students, and to stop recruiting foreign students at all of its U.S. locations for the next two years. Several of the other defendants remain at large.

Comentario y aspectos destacados

Other indicted defendants are D.H.M., 45, and J.S.G., 45, all residents of Kansas City; and E.S.F., 20, and V.A.T., 21, both citizens of Russia. The Russian citizens helped recruit the students to the US.

Autor:
Human Trafficking Database of the University of Michigan Law School

Palabras clave

Hechos:
Reclutamiento
Medio:
Amenaza o al uso de la fuerza u otras formas de coacción
Engaño
Fines de explotación:
Trabajos o servicios forzados
Forma de la Trata:
Transnacional
Grupo delictivo organizado
Sector en el que la explotación se lleva a cabo:
Otros sectores

Información sobre el procedimiento

Sistema jurídico:
Derecho anglosajón
Última sentencia judicial:
Tribunal de primera instancia
Tipo de Proceso:
Penal

1st Instance:

Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Location:          Missouri

Date of decision: 2009

Reference: Docket Number: 06-CR-00317

 
 

Víctima / Demandantes de primera instancia

Víctima:
8 Individuals
Sexo:
Hombre
Nacionalidad:
ucraniano

Acusado / Demandado de primera instancia

Acusado:
David L. Carslake
Sexo:
Hombre
Edad:
55
Razonamiento jurídico:

Carslake pled guilty to the charge of  obstruction of mail.

Cargos/Acusaciones/Decisiones

Acusado:
David L. Carslake
Legislación/Código:

18 U.S.C. § 2 and 18 U.S.C. § 1589

Detalles de cargos:
Aiding and Abetting Forced Labour and Forced Labour
Veredicto:
Withdrawn
Legislación/Código:

18 U.S.C. § 1701

Detalles de cargos:
Obstruction of Mail
Veredicto:
Guilty
Legislación/Código:

18 U.S.C. § 1592

Detalles de cargos:
Domestic Servitude
Veredicto:
Withdrawn
Legislación/Código:

18 U.S.C.§ 1546(a)

Detalles de cargos:
Visa Fraud
Veredicto:
Withdrawn
Pena de prisión:
5 años
Multa/Pago al Estado:
Sí  5100  USD  (Up to 10,000 USD) $5,000 fine and $100 special assessment

Tribunal

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Fuentes/Citas

http://www.law.umich.edu/CLINICAL/HUTRAFFICCASES/Pages/CaseDisp.aspx?caseID=392

News article: http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2006/09/18/daily25.html?page=all