The Chinese owner of a Cartersville-based flooring manufacturer, Wellmade Industries, his nephew, and another migrant are now facing federal charges in a case of forced labor of Chinese migrants.
The U.S. Attorney’s office of the Northern District of Georgia have charged Wellmade Industries owner Zhu Chen, along with his nephew, Jiayi Chen and a Chinese national named Jianjun Lu, with forced labor, conspiracy to commit forced labor, and alien harboring arising from alleged illegal operations at the company, the office said in a Thursday press release.
“The defendants allegedly threatened foreign workers with physical violence, deportation, and crippling debt; forced them to work lengthy shifts; and housed them in overcrowded...
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