OCAHO I-9 Fine Activity (Oct. 20, 21, 26, 2016)

USA v. Solutions Group, 12 OCAHO no. 1288, Oct. 20, 2016- "The government met its burden of proving that Solutions Group International, LLC, is liable for eighty four violations of 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(a)(1)(B). Respondent is directed to pay civil money penalties in the total amount of $56,150."

USA v. St. Croix Personnel Services, 12 OCAHO no. 1289, Oct. 21, 2016- "ICE proved by a preponderance of the evidence that St. Croix Personnel Services, Inc. is liable for nine violations of 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(a)(1)(B). St. Croix Personnel Services, Inc. is directed to pay civil money penalties in the total amount of $5450."

USA v. Frimmel Management, 12 OCAHO no. 1271c, Oct. 26, 2016 - "Frimmel Management not only failed to prepare and/or present close to 300 Forms I-9, multiple Forms I-9 that the company did complete were overall so deficient that they rendered the I-9 essentially useless. Furthermore, the penalty amount for the 53 Count II and the 2 Count IV violations involving unauthorized aliens will be aggravated to $1000 per violation to reflect that IRCA’s employment verification scheme was completely undermined by the employment of unauthorized workers. The penalty amount for these 55 violations is therefore $55,000. Accordingly, the total civil money penalty for all 380 paperwork violations in Counts I-IV is $347,500."  (Emphasis added.)