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June 28, 2016

Kansas roofer accused of forced labor, kickbacks

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two owners of a longtime Kansas City-area roofing company forced workers who are in the U.S. illegally to either pay kickbacks and obey other demands or be reported to immigration authorities, an indictment unsealed earlier this month alleges.

Tommy Frank Keaton, 70, of Shawnee, Kansas, and Graziano Cornolo, 55, of Lenexa, Kansas, are charged in the 17-count federal indictment with labor trafficking, conspiring to harbor aliens for commercial advantage or private financial gain, and transporting, harboring and encouraging aliens not lawfully in the country to stay. The two are co-owners of Canadian West Inc. and Ram Metal Products — both of which also are named as defendants in the indictment — doing business as Century Roofing.


 
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