BRUNSWICK, Ga. (WTOC) - A man was sentenced to life in prison after participating in a multi-million-dollar scheme.
The scheme consisted of fraudulently employing undocumented workers, and murdering a whistleblower who attempted to expose the scheme.
“Eliud Montoya was murdered for doing the right thing and revealing Juan Rangel-Rubio’s scheme to profit off his use of undocumented workers,” said U.S. Attorney Steinberg. “As a result of the diligent efforts of our law enforcement partners, Juan Rangel-Rubio will be held accountable for his despicable crimes.”
According to court documents, Pablo Rangel-Rubio worked as a supervisor at Wolf Tree, a contract company that performed tree-cutting services on utility rights-of-way.
Pablo and his brother hired undocumented workers to work for the company, then routed the workers paychecks to their own bank accounts where they skimmed a portion of the pay for themselves. They also created fake employee accounts and directed that pay to themselves.
As a result of this scheme, the conspirators netted more than $3.5 million.
Eliud Montoya saw his colleagues being mistreated and complained to the company and to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, officials say.
After Montoya blew the whistle on the scheme, Pablo Rangel-Rubio arranged for Montoya’s murder by paying Perez-Bravo for the use of his vehicles and to act as the getaway driver when Juan Rangel-Rubio shot Montoya to death outside Montoya’s home.
Juan Rangel-Rubio,...
Judge found FBI affidavit flawed but not enough to return ballots Probe part of Trump administration effort to reexamine 2020 loss Fulton County argued FBI relied on discredited evidence WASHING...