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Alia Imad Faleh Al Hunaity

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Woman Who Enslaved Sri Lankan Servant In Hudson, Passaic Homes Gets 70 Months In Fed Pen Woman Who Enslaved Sri Lankan Servant In Hudson, Passaic Homes Gets 70 Months In Fed Pen
Woman Who Enslaved Sri Lankan Servant In Hudson, Passaic Homes Gets 70 Months In Fed Pen A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a woman with homes in Secaucus and Woodland Park to nearly six years in prison for holding a Sri Lankan national against her will for more than nine years while forcing her to marry her and work without pay as a domestic servant. In addition to the 70-month prison term, U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler sentenced Alia Imad Faleh Al Hunaity, 44, to three years of supervised release and ordered her to pay restitution of $1.2 million. Jurors convicted Hunaity – also known as “Alia Al Qaternah” -- of forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain and ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Secaucus Woman Found Guilty Of Enslaving Immigrant, Forcing Her To Marry Secaucus Woman Found Guilty Of Enslaving Immigrant, Forcing Her To Marry
Secaucus Woman Found Guilty Of Enslaving Immigrant, Forcing Her To Marry A 43-year-old woman with homes in Secaucus and Woodland Park was convicted of forcing a Sri Lankan national to work for her for years without pay, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said Thursday.  Alia Imad Faleh Al-Hunaity, who is also known as Alia Al Qaternah, was found guilty by a jury in Camden federal court of forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain and marriage fraud. Al -Hunaity faces up to 20 years in prison on the forced labor charge alone when she’s sentenced in September. The victim, a woman from Sri Lanka, was brought to the United States on a temporar…

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by Paul Milo
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Feds: Hudson Woman Kept Sri Lankan National As Slave More Than 9 Years Feds: Hudson Woman Kept Sri Lankan National As Slave More Than 9 Years
Feds: Hudson Woman Kept Sri Lankan National As Slave More Than 9 Years A Secaucus woman held a Sri Lankan national against her will for more than nine years, forcing the victim to marry her and work without pay as a domestic servant, federal authorities charged. A federal grand jury earlier this month indicted Alia Imad Faleh Al Hunaity, 43, on charges of forced labor, alien harboring, and marriage fraud -- for which she was arraigned Wednesday in federal court in Camden. She remained free on $150,000 unsecured bond, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. According to the indictment: Hunaity -- also known as “Alia Al Qaterneh" -- brought the victim to the …

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by Jerry DeMarco