SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A man living in the United States illegally has admitted in court to helping fraudulently employ others to work for a tree service and aiding to have a whistleblower killed.
According to the Southern District of Georgia, 53-year-old Pablo Rangel-Rubio is a citizen of Mexico that was residing illegally in Rincon, Ga. Rangel-Rubio pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to conceal, harbor and shield illegal aliens, conspiracy to commit money laundering, three counts of money laundering and one count of aiding and abetting the retaliation against a witness.
The guilty plea subjects Rangel-Rubio to a negotiated sentence of 50 years in prison and forfeiture of a 26.62-acre residential compound in Rincon.
“Pablo Rangel-Rubio was responsible for employing at least 100 illegal aliens to work for a tree service, skimming from their paychecks to further fatten his wallet, and then helping arrange the murder of a man who exposed the scheme,” said U.S. Attorney David Estes. “The substantial prison sentence from this plea will hold him accountable for those crimes.”
Rangel-Rubio originally was named in a December 2018 indictment along with his brother, Juan Rangel-Rubio, 45, of Rincon, and Higinio Perez-Bravo, 52, of Savannah, that said the trio used assumed identities to work for a tree service, and then retaliated against a legal-citizen employee who reported the scheme.
Juan Rangel-Rubio and Higinio Perez-Bravo are awaiting trial.
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