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Abused Filipino Visa Workers to Receive Over $15M in Damages

May 16, 2016 (1 min read)

L.A. Times, May 13, 2016 - "The owners of the now-shuttered L’Amande French Bakery that operated in Beverly Hills and Torrance have been ordered to pay nearly $15.3 million in damages for exploiting 11 Filipino workers.  U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin on May 2 granted a default judgment to the workers, who claimed they were trafficked to the United States to serve as domestic servants and under-the-table employees at two bakeries owned by defendants Analiza and Goncalo Moitinho de Almeida. ... The Almeidas, who could not be reached for comment, were ordered in 2014 by the California labor commissioner's office to pay nearly $250,000 in overtime wages to workers, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations."

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