WHEELING, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Hetzon Marroquin Reyes, the owner of A&M Homes, LLC in Morgantown, West Virginia, was arrested on charges related to the harboring and concealing of undocumented individuals, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld.
Reyes, also known as “Hector,” age 40, is accused of hiring and harboring individuals who were not citizens and were unlawfully in the United States.
The indictment, unsealed Monday, alleges that Reyes used others’ social security numbers to create tax documents for these workers. He is also accused of producing false driver’s licenses and immigration forms, which he provided to the West Virginia Division of Labor inspectors.
Reyes faces charges including one count of conspiracy to harbor aliens for financial gain, 32 counts of false social security number representations, one count of corrupt interference with the tax code, and one count of visa and document fraud.
Each conspiracy and fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, while the false representation charges carry up to five years, and the interference charge up to three years in federal prison.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jarod Douglas and Carly Nogay and was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, IRS-Criminal Investigations, and the Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General.