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NORTH CAROLINA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced defendant Thuy Tien Luong, 38, of Charlotte, North Carolina, to 15 years in prison for forcing a victim to work for her, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Judge Bell also ordered her to pay $75,000 in restitution to the victim. <\/span><\/p>\n

A federal jury previously convicted the defendant of forced labor on Jan. 8, 2021, following a five-day trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to the evidence presented at trial, the defendant compelled the victim\u2019s labor for almost two years through a variety of coercive means. <\/span><\/p>\n

The defendant physically, emotionally, and verbally punished the victim when she disobeyed the defendant or otherwise failed to perform the required labor to the defendant\u2019s satisfaction. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"As an example, the defendant falsely claimed that the victim owed her a debt of $180,000, made her sign a debt contract, and threatened to go to the police if the victim did not continue to work to pay off the fabricated debt, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defendant beat the victim with nail salon tools, including cuticle clippers, nail files and brooms leaving the victim with scars, bruises and marks. <\/span><\/p>\n

She also threatened to ruin the victim\u2019s reputation with her family by threatening to tell them information that would negatively impact the victim\u2019s relationship with her family. <\/span><\/p>\n

The defendant\u2019s scheme caused the victim to continue working for the defendant until a particularly violent assault led her to report the defendant to the Davidson Police Department. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis defendant used psychological coercion, debt bondage and violence to break down the will of one of her employees, exploit her vulnerabilities and force her to work long hours under threat of serious harm,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cThere continues to be no place for such cruel conduct in our society, and the Department of Justice remains committed to identifying and eliminating human trafficking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHuman trafficking is human suffering and it has no place in modern society,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Dena J. King of the Western District of North Carolina. “Traffickers who use their victims as commodities, take advantage of their needs and exploit their vulnerabilities for personal gain will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLuong\u2019s egregious criminal conduct is a form of human trafficking that not only exploited our nation\u2019s labor laws, but also subjected the victim to unspeakable harm, including physical and mental abuse,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Ronnie Martinez, who oversees Homeland Security Investigations operations in North Carolina and South Carolina.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimlani M. Ford of the Western District of North Carolina and Trial Attorney Maryam Zhuravitsky of the Civil Rights Division\u2019s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit. <\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone who has information about human trafficking should report that information to the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free at 1-888-373-7888, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.\u00a0For more information about human trafficking, please visit\u00a0www.humantraffickinghotline.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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