02.27.08
Couple Sentenced for Abuse of Pinoy Worker
An American motel owner in Oacama, South Dakota and his Filipina wife were sentenced on Feb. 22 for forcing almost a dozen Filipino OFWs into servitude and peonage. US District Judge Charles Kornmann sentenced Robert John Farrell (4 years and 2 months in Federal prison) and his wife, Angelita Magat Farrell (3 years) after they were found guilty by a federal jury on Nov 2007. They were convicted with nine counts each of conspiracy to commit peonage, 4 counts of peonage, document servitude, visa fraud, and two counts of making false statements to federal agents click here for more details