LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas man indicted Wednesday on fees of trafficking and compelled labor involving three Cuban immigrants faces a Could 19 trial, in line with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace.
Rafael Juan Mitjans, 50, is accused of confiscating passports, immigration paperwork and different identification from three victims “with the intent to restrict the victim’s ability to move and travel in order to maintain the labor and services of the victims,” in line with a Friday information launch.
Mitjans can also be accused of mendacity to america Citizenship and Immigration Providers “that he would provide the victims with basic living needs, including money each month, a room with a bed, television, desk, and laptop, clothing, shoes, hygiene products, and three meals per day. He knew the statements on the immigration forms were false.”
Few different particulars had been accessible in regards to the allegations of “domestic servitude” or the identities of the victims. The incident occurred beginning round Sept. 20, 2023, till July 31, 2024. Metro police and Clark County Faculty District police had been concerned within the investigation, in line with the information launch.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Wednesday charging Mitjans with three counts of pressured labor, three counts of illegal conduct with respect to paperwork in furtherance of trafficking and compelled labor, and three counts of false statements on immigration paperwork. A jury trial has been scheduled earlier than United States District Decide Richard F. Boulware II on Could 19, 2025. Mitjans made his preliminary court docket look on Thursday earlier than United States Justice of the Peace Decide Brenda N. Weksler
Mitjans faces a most sentence of 20 years in jail.
Performing U.S. Lawyer Sue Fahami for the District of Nevada and Homeland Safety’s appearing Particular Agent in Cost Lester R. Hayes, Jr. made the announcement.
