A business that supplies services for immigrants in federal detention hasactually been bought to pay more than $811 million in restitution and charges in a suit declaring it utilized misleading and violent strategies
ByPHILIP MARCELO Associated Press
NEW YORK — A business that offers services for immigrants in federal detention was bought Tuesday to pay more than $811 million in restitution and charges in a claim declaring it utilized misleading and violent strategies.
Nexus Services needto pay approximately $231 million in restitution as well as charges of $13.8 million to New York, $7.1 million to Virginia and $3.4 million to Massachusetts, according to a judgement submitted in federal court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg. The Virginia-based business, its subsidiary Libre by Nexus and its 3 executives needto likewise each pay more than $111 million in civil charges.
“This judgment is a triumph for thousands of immigrant households who lost their life costsavings and were targeted and preyed on by Libre,” New York Attorney General Letiti